31st MEU tests artificial intelligence sensing gear to help Marines, soldiers see invisible threats
Todd South
Marines and soldiers at the squad level could soon have their own kind of “attention warning†system while on foot patrol ― much like modern car drivers have for lane changing on busy highways.
A combination of systems being tested soon by Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit out of Okinawa, Japan, are helping Marines at the lowest-unit levels use artificial intelligence and sensing capabilities to know if there are threats of drones overhead or simply to remind them to check their left flank.
The experiments are the last for a yearslong program called Squad X, run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Since at least 2017, the program delved into four key technology areas as they applied to the squad: precision engagement, non-kinetic engagement, squad sensing and squad autonomy.
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