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"Earlier this month, posters started going up around Sydney advertising an
event called “In the Ops Room, with Palmer Luckey”. Rather than an album launch
or standup gig, this turned out to be a free talk given last week by the chief
executive of a high-tech US defence company called Anduril.
The company has set up an Australian arm, and Luckey is in town to entice
“brilliant technologists in military engineering” to sign on.
Anduril makes a software system called Lattice, an “autonomous sensemaking and
command & control platform” with a strong surveillance focus which is used on
the US–Mexico border. The company also produces flying drones and has a deal to
produce three robotic submarines for Australia, with capabilities for
surveillance, reconnaissance, and warfare.
The PR splash is unusual from the normally secretive world of military
technology. But Luckey’s talk opened a window onto the future as seen by a
company “transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced
technology”."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
