The US Army aims to take many more soldiers off the battlefield — but these drone convoys bring new challenges

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• The Army is preparing to test driverless vehicles in the convoys that deliver supplies like food and ammunition to bases and outposts.
• The service sees autonomous convoys as a way to free up troops and lower the risks they face.
• While introducing autonomous tech is feasible, doing so will raise more challenges, requiring more changes going forward.

The US Army wants to free up manpower and take troops out of harm's way, and one part of that push are self-driving convoys. Think autonomous Teslas, but with five-ton trucks that keep front-line troops supplied in war zones.

This kind of technology is already available and getting better every day, but introducing it to combat is only the next step, and the Pentagon will soon find itself dealing with new tactics deployed against their driverless vehicles.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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