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Pentagon creates Autonomous Warfare Command: a combatant command for drones and robots with the power to buy equipment itself

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Autonomous systems have received their own command and a budget hundreds of times larger than before: the bet on drones and SI has become the official course of the US military.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Autowarcom, a four-star combatant command with "service-like" authorities: it develops, buys and deploys autonomous and robotic systems itself, without waiting for orders from the Army, Navy and Air Force. For the associated Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, $54.6 billion has been requested for fiscal 2027, against the current $226 million.

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US creation of autonomous warfare commands

6 events
  1. The $54 billion to launch the US Autonomous Warfare Command has been requested in a separate budget reconciliation bill, and its passage is not assured
  2. Pentagon asks for about $50 billion for mass production of autonomous and robotic systems
  3. Hegseth: US plans to create an autonomous warfare command by October 1, 2027, pending Congress's approval
  4. US Army creates Futures and Autonomous Systems Command, a day after the Pentagon's autonomous warfare command
  5. Congress weighs limits on military SI: humans over weapons, no SI in nuclear-strike decisions, no domestic surveillance
  6. Pentagon creates Autonomous Warfare Command: a combatant command for drones and robots with the power to buy equipment itselfOpen now
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