Military That Hustles New Technologies Into Battle First Will Win Future Wars: Panel

Military That Hustles New Technologies Into Battle First Will Win Future Wars: Panel
Dr. Tom McKenna, (L), a program officer at the Office of Naval Research (ONR), talks with Dr. Brian Latimer, associate professor at Virginia Tech, about ESCHER, short for Electric Series Compliant Humanoid for Emergency Response, during a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Robotics Challenge (DRC) in Pomona, Calif., on Dec. 12, 2021. U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released
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Exponentially evolving technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning have been exhaustively discussed and debated over the winter and spring during Congressional hearings on President Joe Biden’s $860 billion Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) defense request.

But one stubborn systemic disconnect threatens to disrupt the timely delivery of new systems and programs into weapons and operations systems—the Pentagon’s cumbersome, ponderous procurement and implementation bureaucracy.

John Haughey
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John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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