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Where are you quoting from? Why would DARPA have any need to conceal that it's research had a military purpose? I can't find anything that says drone projects

• cf141q5325 5y ago
  One example were those self destructing drones https://www.zdnet.com/article/darpa-develops-disappearing-delivery-drones-for-emergencies/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/darpa-develops-disappearing-de... > Announced this month, the US research agency said Project Icarus will create a fleet of tiny, single-use drones which will deliver emergency supplies -- such as food and medicine -- to remote areas during epidemics or disasters. > However, once their mission is over, each drone will "vanish" after landing thanks to the use of special materials which can transform their state or shatter into mere particles. I however remembered it more in the context of this one https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2017-06-28 https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2017-06-28 >Under the FLA program, the only human input required is the target or objective for the UAV to search for—which could be in the form of a digital photograph uploaded to the onboard computer before flight—as well as the estimated direction and distance to the target. Neither autonomous targeting of specific individuals nor the capability to "vanish" are something that has much application in disaster relief. Its the evolution of slaughterbots.