US Army continues to question AI role in modernisation plans
Just days before the US Army activates its new Futures Command in Austin, Texas, top brass is urging that the service come to terms with artificial intelligence (AI) and evolve its unmanned operational concepts.
Speaking to the audience 21 August at an NDIA army science and technology symposium, army Vice Chief of Staff Gen James McConville discussed the service’s six key modernisation priorities — Long-Range Precision Fires, Next-Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV), Future Vertical Lift (FVL), networking, air and missile defence and soldier lethality.
All six modernisation priorities fall under the direction of the new Futures Command which
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