DSB: To Help With Autonomy, DOD Should Create Coordinated S&T Program

By Jordana Mishory / August 30, 2012 at 7:26 PM
In light of findings that the Pentagon is underutilizing autonomous technology, the Defense Department's research and engineering chief should work with military services to develop a coordinated science and technology program that would strengthen key enabling technologies, a new Defense Science Board report recommends. These technologies should focus on large-scale teaming of manned and unmanned system and trusted human-system collaboration, the board states in its study released this month. The board also calls for DOD to create developmental and operational...

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