Owen West

New Capabilities

On leave from DIU to lead DRPM-UxS; the office's AutoWarCom plan was due October 30 and no public submission has been reported.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Autonomous Warfare Command on September 30 and told the Association of the United States Army in October that the four-star command was always the end state. The command would buy and field drones, robots, and artificial intelligence across the military, with a target stand-up date of October 1, 2027.

Updated Oct 21