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Pentagon Taps Robotics Startup in Push for Cheap Attack Drones

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The Pentagon has tasked US robotics startup Machina Labs with trying to mass-produce cheap attack drones in quickly assembled modular factories as autonomous systems continue to change modern warfare.

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