The future of air power is autonomous and the U.S. is not in the lead, aircraft developer CEO warns

This is according to Matt George, CEO of autonomous aircraft developer Merlin Labs.

Speaking to CNBC's Morgan Brennan at CNBC's CONVERGE LIVE event, George said that small and medium-sized autonomous platforms have dominated the wars in Iran and Ukraine.

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