Officials: DoD must update how it buys and uses new equipment, technology for future battlefield

Army Times: FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Future soldiers may enter a battlefield alongside autonomous fighting vehicles on the ground and a "ghost fleet" of unmanned ships at sea, as swarms of miniature drones buzz overhead.

All the while, commanders will analyze data from social networks to understand the public sentiment and trends as the fighting unfolds.

This is what the battlefield of the future likely will resemble.

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