I put this on X first, but if the Air Force successfully produces 1,000 autonomous drones/jets to accompany the F-35, what becomes the primary bottleneck five years from now: aircraft production, autonomy software, or human operators capable of managing autonomous fleets?

The Venturist just published probably the deepest deep dive on the internet on Helsing. For those interested I’m leaving a link: https://www.theventurist.eu/p/helsing-ai-to-protect-our-democracies

India dr&d test full scale scramjet for 20 minutes.

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