Anticipating the Onset of Autonomy: A Survey of the DoD, Armed Service, and other Federal Agencies Outlook on Autonomy

Abstract

Autonomy has become a recent focus of attention in each of the military services, the broader Department of Defense community, and many Federal agencies. Even though a clear understanding and definition of autonomy remains elusive, stakeholders are making plans and setting expectations in their roadmaps, strategic plans and research objectives. This summary investigates two emerging perspectives on autonomy; the anticipation of new capabilities and the trepidations of allowing new technologies to make their own decisions. These views collectively express the breadth of stakeholders views towards the onset of autonomy, what they believe it means, what they think it will offer, and some of the accompanying concerns over adopting this unproven but potentially game-changing capability. The views have been compiled from statements and comments in critical documents and roadmaps published by the DoD, Services, and Federal agencies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
AD1107884

Entities

People

  • Bob Grabowski
  • Jessica Rajkowski

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomous Weapons
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Command And Control
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Reductions
  • Ground Control Stations
  • Swarming Technologies
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Surface Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design