{"id":22823,"date":"2026-04-23T07:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/pentagon-asks-for-54bn-in-pivot-towards-ai-powered-war\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:37:24","slug":"pentagon-asks-for-54bn-in-pivot-towards-ai-powered-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/pentagon-asks-for-54bn-in-pivot-towards-ai-powered-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Budget outlines funding for autonomous drone warfare program as experts say military unprepared for risks<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon is aiming to increase funding more than a hundredfold for an autonomous drone warfare program, according to budget documents released this week, signalling a major pivot towards AI-powered war.<\/p>\n<p>In its 2027 <a href=\"https:\/\/comptroller.war.gov\/Budget-Materials\/Budget2027\/\">budget<\/a>, the Pentagon has asked for over $54bn to fund the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, a 24,000% increase on last year.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/22\/pentagon-asks-for-54bn-in-pivot-towards-ai-powered-war\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a95dbf7c30c9512bd13178bcdf5dc52ae8cd3e57\/233_0_2500_2000\/master\/2500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=429cc1482c2a3a550a36b03238434d8f\" title=\"Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war\" \/>Budget outlines funding for autonomous drone warfare program as experts say military unprepared for risks<br \/>\nThe Pentagon is aiming to increase funding more than a hundredfold for an autonomous drone warfare program, according to budget documents released this week, signalling a major pivot towards AI-powered war.<br \/>\nIn its 2027 budget, the Pentagon has asked for over $54bn to fund the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, a 24,000% increase on last year. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Budget outlines funding for autonomous drone warfare program as experts say military unprepared for risks The Pentagon is aiming to increase funding more than a hundredfold for an autonomous drone warfare program, according to budget documents released this week, signalling a major pivot towards AI-powered war. In its 2027 budget, the Pentagon has asked for &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/pentagon-asks-for-54bn-in-pivot-towards-ai-powered-war\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pentagon asks for $54bn in pivot towards AI-powered war<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22823"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}