Pete Hegseth: “An autonomous warfare command, a new combatant command that will focus on autonomy, robotics and AI.”

“Which is why the speech that I gave just a couple of days ago in Quantico to 0 3s and E6s made a bunch of announcements that I think will resonate with this crew. An autonomous warfare command, a new combatant command that will focus on autonomy, robotics and AI. That doesn't mean we won't have humans in cockpits. We will for a very long time. But certainly the high, low mix of attritable and autonomous systems is the future of warfare.” (14:37–14:45)

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