A provision in the Senate Armed Services Committee's fiscal year 2027 defense authorization bill would require the Defense Department to maintain human control over autonomous and semi-autonomous military technologies when updating related policies. The FY-27 bill builds on legislation previously introduced by Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) , Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) aimed at codifying guardrails over the military’s use of autonomous and semi-autonomous weapon systems and maintaining human control over the use of...