Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing field of technology, which “will enliven inert
objects, much as electricity did more than a century ago. Everything that we formerly …

What does the Department of Defense hope to gain from the use of autonomous weapon
systems (AWS)? This Letort Paper explores a diverse set of complex issues related to the …

Autonomous systems are often lauded as revolutionary. However, what makes them
revolutionary is still up for debate. We identify assumptions about the revolutionary effect of …

When people talk about virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR), they usually associate
these novel technologies with leisure activities. In the case of the armed forces, more often …

In Chemical Heroes Andrew Bickford analyzes the US military's attempts to design
performance enhancement technologies and create pharmacological" supersoldiers" …

The US Department of Defense's acquisition strategy incorporates directives to encourage
the use of open architectures and modular solutions through the Modular Open Systems …

Abstract System of systems (SoS) architecting is the process of bringing together and
connecting a set of systems so that the collection of the systems, ie, the SoS is equipped with …

The US approach has been to seek technical means of expediting Boyd's observation–
orientation–decision–action (OODA) cycle through new artificial-intelligence-enabled …

This report highlights the RAND Corporation's work over 35 years (1986–2021) analyzing
and addressing challenges that the US Department of Defense (DoD) has faced in acquiring …

The value proposition for ground vehicle modularity in the US Army and other services has
been a topic of continuing debate. Studies to date have largely focused on individual system …