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The Pentagon’s $54 billion bet on autonomous warfare

With new DAWG initiative, the DOD is attempting to fix a historically slow-moving, broken acquisition pipeline.

Pentagon’s drone strategy calls for putting $54 billion DAWG in the fight

The Pentagon has requested nearly $54 billion for the group up from just $225.9 million it has received for the current fiscal year.
Los Angeles Times

Pentagon’s little-known drone office just claimed the largest single military funding surge ever

The Pentagon’s largest-ever budget request earmarks $75 billion for drones and technologies to counter them, mainly for a massive increase for a little-known office working with U.S. commandos to test ...
Forbes

Watch DAWG: Where Pentagon’s $55 Billion Drone Gamble Could Go Wrong

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The spiralling cost of the U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton shows how drone acquisition can go wrong.