Defense Primer: Emerging Technologies

Abstract

Both the 2018 National Defense Strategy and senior U.S. defense and intelligence officials have identified a number of emerging technologies that could have a disruptive impact on U.S. national security in the years to come. These technologies include artificial intelligence, lethal autonomous weapons, hypersonic weapons, directed energy weapons, biotechnology, and quantum technology. As these technologies continue to mature, they could hold significant implications for congressional oversight, U.S. defense authorizations and appropriations, military concepts of operations, and the future of war.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2021
Accession Number
AD1149539

Entities

People

  • Kelley M . Sayler

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Autonomous Weapons
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biotechnology
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Emerging Technology
  • Governments
  • Hypersonic Cruise Missiles
  • Hypersonic Glide Vehicles
  • Hypersonic Missiles
  • Hypersonic Weapons
  • Information Operations
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Law
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • Short Range Air Defense
  • Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Biotechnology
  • Directed Energy
  • Hypersonics
  • Quantum Computing