Issues like interoperability and design challenges in tailoring weapons for individual unmanned aircraft systems must be addressed to further enhance the use of such systems in offensive roles, according to the Pentagon's new 25-year UAS roadmap. While weaponizing unmanned aircraft is not a new concept, the report notes that "no current weapons system employed from unmanned systems was designed specifically for unmanned vehicles." Additionally, the need to "rapidly deploy" weapons on unmanned aircraft "drove design compromises in interoperability," the plan...
