Mobilising the Intelligent Military

AI will have a major impact on existing capabilities such as cyber defence, defence logistics and the ability to collaborate internationally. But there are other, new forms of collaboration between people and smart machines that create possibilities to do entirely new things.

AI's evolution could make it a superior decision-maker to many of its human counterparts - and it never gets tired or overwhelmed by information. But for AI to collaborate with its human counterparts effectively, and achieve all that it's capable of, it has to be trusted. How AI is trained as a trustworthy and efficient colleague in the military context is an increasingly vital task.

While defence organisations are becoming more data-driven than ever, inaccurate and manipulated information threatens to compromise the insights that the military relies on to plan and operate.

Operating across multinational partnerships depends on the ability to trust and verify not only that the data itself is secure, but how it flows between partners is equally well protected. The need to deliver only the right data to the right person, at the right time is crucial.

Multinational military operations demand that data is shared horizontally, across the forces of different nations and partners. This significant shift requires a profound change in mindset and culture. It's not simply a matter of architecting IT, it means rearchitecting the organisation itself.