Travis Metz

New Capabilities

Acting DIU director while Owen West is on leave

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