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Senator questions Pentagon’s plan to revise autonomous weapons policy

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Six defense companies built a “hunter-killer” drone team during the Army’s Operation Jailbreak. One senses the target and the other shoots it down, moving in tandem. The “killer” robot is shown here. (Photo courtesy of AZAK)

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Staff Sgt. Shavon Scott, a Contracting Officer at the Contracting Support Section, 418th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Hood, TX uses GenAI to streamline contract support. (Photo by Jose Rodriguez)

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