The Senate Armed Services Committee’s fiscal year 2025 defense authorization bill requires the Defense Department to establish two artificial intelligence pilot programs and implement a slew of requirements aimed at advancing technology used to counter uncrewed aircraft systems. The bill today supports $923 billion in national defense spending, $878 billion of which would fund DOD. Senate staffers, who spoke with reporters today on the condition of anonymity, said $35 million will be directed toward two AI pilot programs within the...
