DARPA Wants Millions to Design an Unmanned 'Flying Gun' Under Its New Gunslinger

Re:DARPA Wants Millions to Design an Unmanned 'Flying Gun' U... by _iyig on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @04:25PM (#22360562)

'Flying gun' reminds me of TIKAD, a drone-mounted assault rifle developed at Duke University. Israel is buying/has bought them for 'anti-terrorist operations':

https://www.armyrecognition.com/weapons_defence_industry_mil...

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Re:DARPA Wants Millions to Design an Unmanned 'Flying Gun' U... by topspin on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @09:08PM (#22362486)

Here is the Ziyan Blowfish A3 shooting a paint target against a hill with a small caliber automatic weapon. The manufacturer claims autonomous operation without admitting autonomous targeting. Shooting anyone it finds, in other words.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDGqc0FrXZg&feature=youtu.be...

According to the US secretary of defense these are being exported from China now.

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Re:DARPA Wants Millions to Design an Unmanned 'Flying Gun' U... by starpilot on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @11:51PM (#22363121)

Made by Duke Robotics in Florida, no affiliation to Duke University. Mostly staffed by Israelis: https://dukeroboticsys.com/team/

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Re:DARPA Wants Millions to Design an Unmanned 'Flying Gun' U... by _iyig on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:37PM (#22367825)

Thank you for the correction! Apparently I’ve been confused on this for years. Wouldn’t be surprised if Duke University brought a trademark lawsuit.

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