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CENTCOM Tech Chief Ready To Support DoD’s New Autonomous Unmanned Systems Effort

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

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CENTCOM Tech Chief Ready To Support DoD’s New Autonomous Unmanned Systems Effort

Schuyler Moore, chief technology officer, U.S. Central Command. LinkedIn photo

U.S. Central Command has the organization and infrastructure in place to support the Defense Department’s new initiative to quickly test and acquire thousands of unmanned systems operating autonomously in all domains and at scale, the command's chief technology officer said on Wednesday. The armed services already have components “focused on unmanned integration…and so, we are organized to move out quite quickly,” Schuyler Moore said during a conference hosted by Defense News. Moore has been USCENTCOM’s CTO for just over a…

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