The US Army is putting money on AI drones that can find hidden threats and protect its Abrams tanks

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The Army is interested in putting AI software on Anduril's Ghost-X drone to help it detect mines, enemy drones, and other threats to Abrams tanks.

The US Army is putting money on AI-equipped drones that can help protect Abrams tanks from hidden threats like land mines and enemy ambush drones before crews roll into danger zones. Defense technology company Safe Pro Group announced this week that it has received a $2.5 million Army contract to integrate its Ground Truth threat-detection software, built on datasets from Ukraine, into Anduril Industries' Ghost-X drone, a small, uncrewed aircraft resembling a helicopter. Safe Pro said that its software can identify and map more than 150 types of explosive threats from aerial imagery.

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