Defense Autonomous Warfare Group is a department-of-war organization focused on drones and autonomous-warfare capability. Its RDT&E line saw a “massive increase” in the Trump FY27 budget request, per DefenseScoop’s May 2026 coverage of the LUCAS/hivemind selection.
The group sits within the broader autonomous-warfare / drone-dominance priority cluster ($53.6B for autonomy/drones/contested logistics in FY27).