The Year of Artificial Intelligence - iHLS

Military leaders recognize AI's potentially seismic impact on their mission and operations, and they expect practical applications to proliferate, from threat monitoring to asset tracking to predictive maintenance. The accelerated delivery of AI-enabled capabilities and the cultivation of a much-needed tech workforce in the US evolved as result of both the Department of Defense's AI strategy launched in February followed by the White House's executive order on "Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence". Russia, China and other countries make substantial investments in AI capabilities, posing threats to US capabilities in this field. The traditional US military decision-making cycle OODA (observe, orient, decide, and act) paired with AI can provide commanders and executives a practical, high-level framework to consider potential military and national security applications for the technology, according to defensesystems.com. Observing (sensing) – Every soldier is a potential sensor for internet-of-things application.