Artificial Intelligence Will Detect Hidden Targets In 2020 Wargame

The Army wants AI to detect hidden targets, like this M109A6 Paladin armored howitzer camouflaged during wargames in Germany. AUSA: The Army has developed AI to spot hidden targets in reconnaissance photos and will field-test it in next year's massive Defender 20 wargames in Europe, the head of the service's Artificial Intelligence Task Force said here. It's just one of a host of AI applications the Army is exploring with combat applications, Brig. Shooting down drones, aiming tank guns, coordinating resupply and maintenance, planning artillery barrages, stitching different sensor feeds together into a single coherent picture, analyzing how terrain blocks units' fields of fire and warning commanders where there are blind spots in their defenses are all uses that will be tested. The most high-profile example of AI on the battlefield to date, the controversial Project Maven, used machine learning algorithms to sift hours of full-motion video looking for suspected terrorists and insurgents.