# AUTOWARCOM
**Entity class:** Proposed military command
**Domain:** Defense / Autonomous systems
**Maturity:** Developed
## Definition
AUTOWARCOM is the proposed United States Autonomous Warfare Command, envisioned as a four-star functional combatant command for scaling autonomous and robotic capability across the joint force.
## Mechanism and significance
Its proposed authorities make it more than a technology project: it would institutionalize autonomy as a permanent military operating and acquisition domain.
## Relationships
- **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]]
- **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems|Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems]]
- **Primary fields:** [[Autonomous Weapons]] · [[AI Superpower]] · [[Machine Succession]]
- **Adjacent concepts:** [[Communications-Denied Autonomy]] · [[Project Agincourt]] · [[Functional Combatant Command]] · [[Ninety-Day Technology Cycle]]
## Sources and provenance
- [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map.
## Evidence boundary
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