DRONE SYSTEMS | TYPE | MANUFACTURER, AGENCY, OR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN |
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A-160T Hummingbird | UAV (transport) | Boeing Advance Systems |
Bio-Bot | Living organisms fitted with hardware and software for automated control | North Carolina State University |
Hybrid Quadrotor | UAV (attack) | Latitude Engineering |
LS3 | Legged Squad Support System (transport—for now) | Boston Dynamics |
Naro-tartaruga | UUV (research) | ETH (prototype) |
Silent Falcon | sUAS (surveillance) | UAS Technologies |
SmartBird | UAV (surveillance) | Festo |
Snake | UGV (surveillance) | Tohoku University (prototype) |
Switchblade | UAV (surveillance) | AeroVironment |
Wraith | UGV (attack) | United Drones |
OTHER SYSTEMS | DESCRIPTION | MANUFACTURER, AGENCY, OR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN |
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AGM-114N Hellfire II | Air-to-ground missile, thermobaric munitions | Lockheed Martin |
Botnet | A network of hijacked computers used to perform automated tests over the Internet without the owners’ knowledge or consent | Worldwide |
BTR-60PB | Personnel carrier | USSR |
DROPMIRE | Surveillance hardware | NSA |
FN SCAR-H CQC | Special Forces Combat Assault Rifle (Heavy, 7.62mm) Close Quarters Combat version | FN Herstal |
HEADWATER | Software backdoors | NSA |
JANUS | Facial recognition software | DARPA |
JETPLOW | Firewall firmware | NSA |
LOUDAUTO | Surveillance hardware | NSA |
M-25 grenade launcher, “the Punisher” (formerly XM-25) | Laser-guided, programmable, automatic air burst grenade launcher | Heckler & Koch, Alliant Technologies, L-3 IOS Brashear |
M58/59/MICLIC | Mine Clearing Line Charge | American Ordinance |
MC-130 Talon | STOL special operations military transport aircraft | Lockheed Martin |
PHOTOANGLO | Surveillance hardware | NSA |
Satis | Bluetooth-activated robo-toilet with automated flush, spray, music, fragrance release, and data record features | Lixil Group |
SOMBERKNAVE | Wireless Internet traffic rerouting software | NSA |
SPAN | Self-Powered Ad-hoc Network, a wireless ground sensor | Lockheed Martin |
WP | White Phosphorus | Worldwide |
XKEYSCORE | Surveillance software | NSA |