I wrote a little somethingnabout the proliferation and utilisation of additive manufacuring in the military technology sector, looking into primary production of armaments, the use of AM for maintenance, repair and overhaul, and into its use for non-state actors to self-manufacture armament

Worth a read! Documenting observations of military innovation practices in the Dutch Robots and Autonomous Systems unit
I saw the mentioned Milrem THeMIS UGV last year at ELROB, and slow progress, malfunctions, frustration next to passion for the technology, were characterising UGVs usage and trials

One of the rare accounts - perhaps the first comprehensive and detailed one I have come across, that discusses the operational drawbacks and technical limitations of FPV drones, as well as issues with non-standardised or DIY equipment at the frontlines in Ukraine

warontherocks.com/2025/06/i-fo...

I always thought that RMA´s revolutionary annoyance to me could not be topped. But reading research about additive manufacturing is even more insufferable, seems like there is no other word than REVOLUTIONARY to describe any new developments or research. What do people think a revolution is??

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Articles like this leave me speechless sometimes. Autonomy does not change everything in combat engineering. Besides not really justifiying the urgent need for robotics in US land warfare, it absolutely ignores the technical complexities of autonomy in the land domain, i.e. EW, 1/3

For everyone who was astonished by OpenAI's "sudden" cooperation with Anduril, some infos. Beside its popular re-usable drone defence system, Anduril is develops/has developed a military decision support system with (semi)automated drone management (from surveillance to attack) called Lattice ... /1

“OpenAI… is partnering with Anduril, a military contractor, the two companies announced Wednesday. As part of the partnership, OpenAI will integrate its software into Anduril’s counterdrone systems” www.theverge.com/2024/12/4/24...

Klare Worte, die die Konsequenzen von Deutschlands jetzigem Handeln darstellen. Ein dringendes Umschwenken, mehr Druck und ein Waffenembargo gegen Israel ist nötig, um das Leid in Gaza und der West Bank schnellstmöglich zu beenden.

youtu.be/WZHXl5R5yzo?...

UNRWA: "Out of the 91 attempts the UN has made to deliver aid to besieged north #Gaza between 6 October and 25 November, 82 have been denied and 9 impeded.

The conditions for survival are diminishing for the 65,000-75,000 people estimated to remain there."

"Any kind of active conflict is a useful source of data, so they become open laboratories for testing, trialling, iterating and improving systems." Elke Schwarz.

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am not able to choose one good quote out of this because there are too many

highly recommend to read. @rbarretttaylor.bsky.social is explaining the trap of emerging technologies' abilities to increase the efficiency of warfare and -fighting and the technological determinism powering such narrative

resources for students interested in technical peace and conflict research: tinyurl.com/ResourcesNTp...

currently mostly in German but many links lead to English websites (will translate everything one day)

Happy to receive additions :)

"It's a disconcerting partnership that sets up the AI industry's growing ties with the US military-industrial complex, a worrying trend that should raise all kinds of alarm bells given the tech's many inherent flaws — and even more so when lives could be at stake."

It remains to be seen how the transport of those mines will be handled, which according to the convention is forbidden through a signatory‘s territory. Considering Germany‘s passiveness to prevent an earlier transfer through it’s territory, for the sake of the ban, this should be closely monitored

Ein paar Worte meinerseits in dem Artikel hier zu 3D Druck und warum es so schwierig ist, durch Regulierungen Risiken durch Waffen aus Desktop Druckern zu entschärfen