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March of the Machines – AI in the Defence Industry

AI in Industry, Artificial IntelligenceBy Mat Newcomb 18 September, 2025

From the invention of gunpowder to the machine gun and tank, the military has always been an early adopter of the latest technological innovations. Computing has had a major impact on warfare ever since Alan Turing’s Bombe machine was used to crack the German Enigma cyphers in World War II. The driverless taxis from Waymo…

Droning On – AI in the defence industry

AI in Industry, Artificial IntelligenceBy Mat Newcomb 20 August, 2025

The first use of an unmanned aerial explosive device was when the Austrian army deployed hundreds of balloons carrying explosives in their siege of Venice, which was fighting for independence against Austria. That was in 1849. Technology has moved on since then, but the use of drones has been a military tactic for longer than…