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Defense / Technology & National Security
Counter-Swarm: A Guide to Defeating Robotic SwarmsSwarming with a large number of low-cost autonomous systems can be useful for a wide range of applications in warfare, and the U.S. military should move to harness the advanta...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Commanding the SwarmToday’s uninhabited vehicles are largely tele-operated, with a person piloting or driving the vehicle remotely, but tomorrow’s won’t be. They will incorporate increasing auton...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Commentary: The Imperative of Long-Range StrikeLater this spring, the Department of Defense will unveil its decision for the new long-range strike bomber. The program, designed to supplement aging bomber inventories and re...
By Kelley Sayler & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The Human Element in Robotic WarfareThe first rule of unmanned aircraft is, don’t call them unmanned aircraft. And whatever you do, don’t call them drones. The U.S. Air Force prefers the term “remotely pil...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Unleash the Swarm: The Future of WarfareCould swarms of low-cost expendable systems change how militaries fight? Last November, Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall asked the Defense Science Board to examine a r...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The Foreign Policy Essay: The South Korean Sentry—A “Killer Robot” to Prevent WarA new sentry guards the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea. It is South Korea’s SGR-A1, a robot with the ability to autonomously identify and destroy targets....
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Defense / Technology & National Security
A World of Proliferated DronesPaul Scharre, who is the Director of the 20YY Warfare Initiative at CNAS, contemplates how the proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles among states and non-state actors is i...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Robots at War and the Quality of QuantityThe U.S. Department of Defense has launched the search for a “third offset strategy,” an approach to sustain U.S. military technological superiority against potential adversar...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Release the dronesThis week, the Obama administration announced a new policy loosening export restrictions for military and commercial drones. This policy shift represents a responsible first s...
By Kelley Sayler, Paul Scharre & Van Jackson
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Between a Roomba and a Terminator: What is Autonomy?Department of Defense leaders have stated that robotics and autonomous systems will be a key part of a new “offset strategy” to sustain American military d...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
What to Look For in the DoD BudgetNext week, the Department of Defense (DoD) will release its annual budget, which is where wonky strategy-speak gets translated into real hard dollars. Even though DoD just com...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre on the Future of Drones20YY Warfare Initiative Director Paul Scharre discusses the use of unmanned vehicles and the evolution of drones in the U.S. military....
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Exosuits: Not Just a Day at the BeachIn the 2014 movie Edge of Tomorrow Tom Cruise’s character has a bad day. And like Bill Murray in Groundhog’s Day, he has to live it over and over again. Yet instead of trapped...
By Lt. Scott Cheney-Peters
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Lt. Scott Cheney-Peters on Exosuit DevelopmentLt. Cheney-Peters explores the use of exosuits in the maritime domain....
By Lt. Scott Cheney-Peters
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Commentary: Swarming the BattlefieldThe US Department of Defense has launched a long-range research and development planning effort, and DoD leaders have stated that robotics and autonomous systems will be a cri...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Beyond Offset Working Group Interview: Ben FitzGeraldSenior Fellow Ben FitzGerald discusses the importance of the Beyond Offset project and provides recommendations for the Department of the Defense's third offset strategy....
By Ben FitzGerald
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Defense / Technology & National Security
UNIDIR White Paper on Meaningful Human ControlThe United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) recently published a second report centered around the weaponization of increasingly autonomous technologies. A...
By Matthew Seeley
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Nov. 13-14 Meetings and BeyondThe United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) met for the second time this year on November 13th and 14th in Geneva to discuss lethal autonomous weapons ...
By Matthew Seeley & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre and Michael Horowitz on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systemshen the robots start thinking for themselves in the movies or on TV, it’s never a good sign for the humans. Whether the setting is Earth or Caprica, letting robots think and g...
By Michael Horowitz & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
University of Birmingham Report on DronesThe University of Birmingham Policy Commission recently released a report entitled “The Security Impact of Drones: Challenges and Opportunities for the UK.” The policy commis...
By Matthew Seeley