Pentagon eyes $12-15 billion for early work on new technologies
Source: Reuters
Pentagon eyes $12-15 billion for early work on new technologies
Reuters
By Andrea Shalal
6 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's fiscal 2017 budget request will include $12 billion to $15 billion to fund war gaming, experimentation and the demonstration of new technologies aimed at ensuring a continued military edge over China and Russia, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said on Monday.
The U.S. military plans to invest in autonomous weapons and deep-learning machines that draw on advances in artificial intelligence, with a heavy focus on human-machine collaboration and teaming in combat, Work said.
"This is designed to make the human more effective in combat," he said at a conference hosted by the Center for a New American Security.
"We believe that the advantage we have is ... our people; that tech-savvy people who’ve grown up in the iWorld will kick the crap out of people who grew up in the iWorld under an authoritarian reign."
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Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work visits the DIUX in Silicon Valley. [/center]
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