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Accession Number:
AD1105857
Title:
Emerging Military Technologies: Background and Issues for Congress
Corporate Author:
Congressional Research Service Washington United States
Report Date:
2020-07-17
Abstract:
Members of Congress and Pentagon officials are increasingly focused on developing emerging military technologies to enhance U.S. national security and keep pace with U.S. competitors. The U.S. military has long relied upon technological superiority to ensure its dominance in conflict and to underwrite U.S. national security. In recent years, however, technology has both rapidly evolved and rapidly proliferatedlargely as a result of advances in the commercial sector. As former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel observed, this development has threatened to erode the United States traditional sources of military advantage. The Department of Defense DOD has undertaken a number of initiatives to arrest this trend. For example, in 2014, DOD announced the Third Offset Strategy, an effort to exploit emerging technologies for military and security purposes as well as associated strategies, tactics, and concepts of operation. In support of this strategy, DOD established a number of organizations focused on defense innovation, including the Defense Innovation Unit and the Defense Wargaming Alignment Group.
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Pages:
0035
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;
File Size:
1.40MB
