Defense Department budget request goes hard on AI, autonomy

The new Defense Department budget request seeks big investments in artificial intelligence and autonomy: Large and small undersea drones, flying drone swarms, flying wingmen for both the Navy and the Air Force, and basic AI research. The big question now is if the Defense Department has evolved enough to spend that money in a way that reflects the rapid pace of autonomy development. The Air Force leads the services with $789 million requested for its ongoing program to deploy autonomou