President George W. Bush announces the creation of the new unified command US Africa Command (AFRICOM). It will perform some missions previously shared among US Central Command, US European Command, and US Pacific Command.
Unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous aircraft may provide a solution to operating in heavily contested domains such as the Taiwan Straits, according to a panel of expert who suggested operationalizing artificial intelligence for such purposes sooner rather than later. The group gathered virtually to help launch the Mitchell Institute for…