Washington, Oct. 15 -- The United States plans to deploy hundreds of thousands of one-way attack systems this year and expand production to millions in the coming years as it accelerates the development of autonomous warfare capabilities, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said.
Hegseth said the Pentagon is laying the groundwork for a new four-star-led Autonomous Warfare Command to coordinate the military's use of unmanned systems across multiple domains.
"Project Agincourt is the end state of something we focused on since Day 1," Hegseth said, referring to an initiative launched last month to establish the proposed command.
He said the administration had allocated $1 billion to boost drone capabilities, with funding directed to military p...