Defense Autonomous Working Group (DAWG)

The Defense Autonomous Working Group (DAWG) is the U.S. Department of Defense's initiative, evolving from the "Replicator" program, focused on rapidly developing and fielding large numbers of autonomous drones (UASs) for complex warfare, especially countering China, by creating "hellscape" swarms, and is now conducting wargames, live exercises, and prize challenges to integrate human intent with machine execution for unmanned systems