DoD Growth In Artificial Intelligence: The Frontline Of A New Age In Defense – Breaking Defense

The Pentagon is figuring ways to harness artificial intelligence (AI) for advantages as farflung as battlespace autonomy, intelligence analysis, record tracking, predictivemaintenance and military medicine. AI is a key growth investment area for DoD, withnearly $1 billion allocated in the 2020 budget. The Defense Departments Joint ArtificialIntelligence Center (JAIC) will see its budget double to over $208 million, with significantincreases likely in 2021 and beyond.

JAIC seeks to coordinate all military service anddefense agency artificial intelligence activity over a $15 million benchmark. The military is currently seeking to integrate AI into weapon systems development, augment human operatorswith AI-driven robotic maneuver on the battlefield and enhance the precision of militaryfires.

The rapid advancement and proliferation of new technologies is changing the character ofwar.

To prevent the erosion of the U.S. competitive military advantage, DOD is investing in newtechnologies to compete, deter, and if necessary, fight and win the wars of the future.

White House Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Budget

DoDs investment in AI is crucial to its continuing military advantage,ensuring the U.S. military does not lag behind rival world powers. BreakingDefense has prepared a special E-Book on Artificial Intelligence in defense, about the promise,cautionary points and future development.

Download the special Breaking Defense E-Book, Artificial Intelligence: The Frontlineof a New Age in Defense. Its free, and provides ideas and insights on the emergence of AI as a key factorin national security.

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