Army Tests Strykers With Artificial Intelligence

Army weapons developers recently completed a "proof-of-principle" exercise with Stryker vehicles using wireless devices, faster computer processing speed, cloud technology and artificial intelligence to expedite vehicle health monitoring and anticipate future needs for the platform. The initiative is tied to the Army's recent $135 million Army Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA) renewal deal with IBM, the firm contracted to continue providing cloud services, software development and cognitive computing, constituting the technical infrastructure. "We see huge potential benefits with cloud computing from artificial intelligence," Col. John Kuenzli, LOGSA commander, told Warrior. The concept behind the exercise with Stryker vehicles is to use AI to accelerate development of a fast-moving, data analytics-based wireless connectivity between sensors used for conditioned-based maintenance (CBM) and corresponding data analysis. The Army recently experimented with these emerging technological methods using cloud computing, data analysis and AI to track CMB data on several variants of Stryker vehicles.