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Ellen Lord, the former undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, and Heidi Shyu, right, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, speak during a discussion at the National Defense Industrial Association's Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C., Aug. 9, 2024. Photo by C. Todd Lopez, DOD
Pentagon, Aug. 9, 2024. For several decades now, autonomous systems including aircraft, ground vehicles and waterborne craft have proliferated. While there hasn't been a direct assault on a U.S. military base yet, autonomous systems remain a threat and something the Defense Department is seeking solutions for.
"If you look at the situation now, which is something easily predictable back in, I will say, two decades ago ... you're already seeing the increase in number of ... unmanned systems," said Heidi Shyu, the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. "With that increasingly growing, exponentially worldwide, the obvious thing we have to think about is how are we going to counter that. Because we already have unmanned systems that are intruding into our installations."
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Marine Corps Cpl. Brian Vile operates a drone as part of a counter-unmanned aircraft systems field test at Mount Bundey Training Area, Australia, July 11, 2024. Marines and Australian soldiers are using the drones to defend against aerial attacks. Photo by Marine Corps Cpl. Migel Reynosa Pentagon, July 19, 2024. The Defense Innovation Unit, which stood up in 2015, has proven that it can help solve military problems with commercial technology and make a difference on the battlefield, said, Doug Beck, director of DIU and senior advisor to the defense secretary.
The focus now at DIU is to deliver to the warfighter those most critical solutions at speed and scale to achieve true strategic effect, said Beck, who spoke at the Aspen Security Forum.
To get a firsthand understanding of the warfighters' needs, DIU personnel are embedding with the geographic combatant commands, U.S. Indo-Pacom Command and U.S. European Command, he said, noting that the Eucom team is helping to bring innovative capability to Ukraine.
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Unmanned Operation - A MANTAS T-38 unmanned surface vessel operates in the Arabian Sea, Dec. 4, 2021. Ongoing evaluations of new unmanned systems in U.S. 5th Fleet drives discovery, innovation, and integration into fleet operations. Your donations for yellow ribbon care package troop support boosts the morale of active duty deployed service members working on projects like this around the globe.
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A MANTAS T-12 unmanned surface vessel (USV), front, operates alongside U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat USCGC Maui (WPB 1304) during exercise New Horizon in the Arabian Gulf, Oct. 26. Exercise New Horizon was U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Task Force 59’s first at-sea evolution since its establishment Sept. 9. Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dawson Roth.
Bahrain, Oct 26, 2021 - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) completed exercise New Horizon, the first at-sea evolution for its new unmanned task force, the command’s public affairs said Oct. 26.
During the two-day training exercise, Task Force 59 integrated and evaluated new MANTAS T-12 unmanned surface vessels (USV) that operated alongside manned U.S. patrol craft and Bahrain Defense Force maritime assets.
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KEKAHA, Hawaii (Aug. 16, 2021) A Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) launcher deploys into position onboard Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands. The NMESIS and its Naval Strike Missiles participated in a live-fire exercise as part of Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2021. During the training, a Marine Corps fires expeditionary advanced base (EAB) sensed, located, identified and struck a target ship at sea, which required more than 100 nautical miles of missile flight. The fires EAB Marines developed a targeting solution for a joint force of seapower and airpower which struck the ship as the Marines displaced to a new firing position. The Marine Corps EAB Operations concept is a core component of the Force Design 2030 modernization effort. Photo by Major Nick Mannweiler.
Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA --
The Marine Corps’ top modernization priority is fulfilling the requirement for a ground-based anti-ship missile capability.
The operational requirement for this ship-killing capability is a relatively new development stemming from the Commandant’s Planning Guidance and the Corps’ Force Design 2030 efforts.
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