Sustaining the U.S. Lead in DoD Unmanned Systems: Panel 2
Channel: Center for Strategic & International Studies
Date: 08/05/2014

Panel 2: U.S. Leadership Amid Commercial Sector Growth and Changing Global Supply

Featuring:

Dr. Michael Horowitz
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania

Mr. Jeremiah Gertler
Specialist in Military Aviation, Congressional Research Service

Dr. Lynn E. Davis
Director, Washington Office, RAND

Moderated by:

Mr. Samuel J. Brannen
Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS

CSIS's recent report, Sustaining the U.S. Lead in Unmanned Systems: Military and Homeland Considerations Through 2025, found that the current U.S. military lead in unmanned systems will be contested in the coming decades as other countries develop or acquire their own capabilities (including through significantly increased commercial sector activity) and Pentagon investment in current and next-generation unmanned systems decreases under budget pressure. With the release of the Quadrennial Defense Review and the Fiscal Year 2015 Presidential Budget Request reflecting updated DoD priorities, CSIS will host a discussion on the future of U.S. leadership in military development and use of unmanned systems.