CobraJet Nvidia AI-powered drone killer takes out ‘overwhelming enemy drone incursions’ at up to 300mph | Let’s just hope that this jet never goes rogue.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cobrajet-nvidia-ai-powered-drone-killer-takes-out-overwhelming-enemy-drone-incursions-at-up-to-300mph
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“Defense startup SkyDefense LLC just launched an autonomous combat drone designed to take out enemy drone swarms at a much lower cost than traditional weapon systems. The drone combines Teledyne FLIR electro-optical and infrared sensors that do not contain restricted foreign parts, and [Nvidia AI chips](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-companies-allegedly-smuggled-in-usd1bn-worth-of-nvidia-ai-chips-in-the-last-three-months-despite-increasing-export-controls-some-companies-are-already-flaunting-future-b300-availability), allowing the drone to process the information that it sees with onboard sensors.
The CobraJet is also equipped with its proprietary Visual Realtime Area Monitoring (VRAM) system, allowing ground commanders to monitor the drone during autonomous operations and communicate with and control it, if needed. This gives its operator the option to let it operate on its own during reconnaissance, patrol, and identification, but still have a human making decisions when required. It can also use the same technology to communicate with other CobraJet units, allowing them to act together as a single entity to protect against enemy swarms.
Aside from its AI brain, the CobraJet also boasts an internal weapons bay and external hardpoints, allowing it to carry kamikaze drones, small missiles, or even fragmentation projectiles. It can also be modified to carry precision bombs and loitering munitions, making it a multirole drone.
“Our USA-made CobraJets can communicate and coordinate as a flight team, enabling them to operate as an AI-powered unmanned Air Force,” said SkyDefense.”
reminds me of the PZL-230 Skorpion. maybe they could have ai design the aircraft first?
Seems cool. It seems that is propulsed by small turbines, does anybody know who’s building those?
Why not get rid of that aircraft/launch vessel all together if drone killing is its intention. This doesn’t make sense.
For example Anduril drone interceptors make more sense as this makes it also economically viable.
So how does it take down drones exactly? I don’t see any mention of it or weapons it’s carrying other than the vague hard point options.
Something that large won’t be able to move so quick like a under 1kg drone would, let alone chase it.
Someone needs to make mini-bullets and tiny-missiles to make the model complete.
I for one, look forward to an MaverickAI F15 guarding the skies above my suburban dwelling.
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