I believe the goal is driven by the desire for the drone to continue to operate even if humans are not reachable because of communications jamming - if you're f

I believe the goal is driven by the desire for the drone to continue to operate even if humans are not reachable because of communications jamming - if you're fighting against some low-resourced guerillas, you can have humans in the decision loop, but if the loitering munitions/drones are to be used against an opponent with some air defence and EW/ECM systems (e.g. the recent Azerbaijan-Armenia war, where Turkish drones/loitering munitions systems were widely used, especially against AD systems) then an autonomous operation capability seems a quite desirable goal for practical reasons.