Policy

Pentagon sets 2027 target for a four-star Autonomous Warfare Command

An Oct. 21 open letter from Project Agincourt leads Owen West and Senior Chief Max Strasiser lays out plans for AUTOWARCOM, a four-star command to be stood up by Oct. 1, 2027. The model pushes buying decisions toward operational units, lets each theater build its own mix of drones and robots, and keeps or drops systems based on competitions, exercises and combat results.

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