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Getting a 7-Ton Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) for deployment will be a game changer for the US. The 7-Ton Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) is one platform to use in high-risk environments without putting US servicemen in direct danger.

Unmanned systems enable critical risk-taking, which is essential for technological progress and modernization.

The U.S. Navy’s vision for its future fleet involves plans to operate a 500-ship fleet with as many as 150 unmanned systems, marking a substantial move toward paradigm-changing levels of manned-unmanned teaming.

Congress can help accelerate the maturation of these technical and operational concepts by expanding investments in technologies that accelerate the development of autonomous programs across all the services.

And the AI community needs to do something about it

As nations develop weapon systems with artificial intelligence, new international treaties are essential to govern their use.

New weapons will require new rules of war – but there is little appetite for regulation.

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Discoveries related to machine learning could lead to autonomous weapons platforms able to adjust in real-time to unanticipated developments.

If autonomous weapons are the future of warfare, then the United States has no choice but to grapple with their complexities.