Spending on Drones Projected to Soar
4/15/2019
By Jon Harper
The Pentagon is expected to ramp up its investment in unmanned aerial vehicles in the coming years as new capabilities come online and the U.S. military prepares for high-end fights against advanced adversaries.
The president’s fiscal year 2020 defense budget request included $3.7 billion in new spending on unmanned/autonomous systems technology and $927 million for artificial intelligence and machine learning projects.
There will be many opportunities for the U.S. military to more widely utilize drones, said retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula, dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
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