Army on cusp of human-machine fusion in warfighting, service’s secretary says
By WYATT OLSON STARS AND STRIPES •
In the not-too-distant future, the Army will field blended human-machine squads that mimic the stuff of science fiction, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll told reporters Tuesday at this Honolulu installation. “I think what you will see in a couple of years when you drive back on this base is you’ll see an infantry squad vehicle going out into training with some autonomously led robots beside it, and some drones that are capable of swarming flying above it,” he said. “And I think you’ll start to see this mixture of human and machine in a way that used to be kind of science fiction — but we’re right on the edge of it.”
Driscoll arrived Monday in Hawaii on a trip that will also take him to Australia and the Philippines. He was joined at Schofield Barracks by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George and Maj. Gen. Marcus Evans, commander of the Hawaii-based 25th Infantry Division.
The 25th ID is one of three divisions at the forefront of the Army’s “Transforming in Contact” initiative, which aims to rapidly put the newest technology into the hands of soldiers to make them more lethal, survivable and adaptable in any environment.
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