The future of military conflict is inseparable from the development of artificial intelligence (AI). The battlefield of the future will be redefined by the fielding of intelligent autonomous systems operating at machine speed and with machine precision. As the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence stated bluntly in its 2021 final report: “Defending against AI-capable adversaries operating at machine speeds without employing AI is an invitation to disaster.”
AI copilots set to engage the future of air combat
