The Defense Department's new 30-year unmanned systems plan -- the first update on the long-range roadmap in four years -- grapples with the "massive potential" of artificial intelligence and machine learning as well as the tricky policy challenges of weaponizing these systems. The " Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap: 2017-2042 ," published by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, aims to chart a three-decade guide for the rapidly developing field of unmanned systems technology -- for which the Pentagon allocates...
