Women Warriors: Why the Robotics Revolution Changes the Combat Equation

Abstract

So began the testimony of General Barrow before the Senate Armed Services Committee in June 1991 regarding his opinion on women in combat during which he gave his ultimate conclusion: "women can't do it and there is no military need to put women into combat." (footnote 2) That is about to change. In the wake of women successfully integrating into submarines and graduating from Army Ranger School, an additional--and heretofore underappreciated--factor is poised to alter the women in combat debate: the revolution in robotics and autonomous systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1042430

Entities

People

  • Linell A. Letendre

Organizations

  • United States Air Force Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • International Relations
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Robotics
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Ground Systems
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • Autonomy