Using artificial intelligence for rapid data collection and integration of shrunk the commander's decision cycle from days to minutes in some instances in a recent information experiment by U.S. Northern Command, the head of NORTHCOM said Wednesday. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Gen. Glen VanHerck said the Global Information Dominance Exercise or GIDE, "focused a lot on contested logistics to give us a scenario where maybe a line of communication such as the Panama Canal may be challenged," by a peer competitor such as China or Russia. The experiment wrapped up during the second week of July. The experiment was hosted by NORTHCOM but included 11 combatant commands, which illustrated how they can integrate and act on data from satellites, planes, and other sources. It also tested the command's ability to use new artificial intelligence abilities to monitor and predict potential threats using those data sources.

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