With the Pentagon pushing innovation, defense contractors and investors are focusing new attention on robotics and autonomous technologies. In recent months, General Dynamics has picked up a robotics company, while Enlightenment Capital has invested in Aurora Flight Sciences. Private-equity firm Arlington Capital Partners bought iRobot's defense unit and is promising additional acquisitions. "Given what senior DOD leadership has talked about -- the Third Offset Strategy -- [and] the resources behind this in the [fiscal year 20]17 budget and plan, it's...
