Unmanned surface, subsurface and aerial systems integrated with artificial intelligence, electronic warfare and creative Tactics produce disproportional effects. That lesson of rapid iteration is written in the history of combat and we are acting on it now. When I first reviewed the Don's unmanned programs, there were over 200 unmanned system efforts previously dispersed across six program executive offices and nine funding lines. many of which were doing the same thing. That is precisely why we stood up the Department of the Navy's Rapid Capabilities Office and a portfolio acquisition executive for Robotic and Autonomous Systems, also known as ras. (31:38–31:51)
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