{"id":18852,"date":"2018-03-16T18:52:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T18:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/16\/france-to-increase-investment-in-ai-for-future-weapon-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:10:38","slug":"france-to-increase-investment-in-ai-for-future-weapon-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/2018\/03\/16\/france-to-increase-investment-in-ai-for-future-weapon-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"France to increase investment in AI for future weapon systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PARIS \u2014 France\u2019s armed forces minister has announced a plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/intel-geoint\/2018\/02\/16\/heres-where-the-pentagon-wants-to-invest-in-artificial-intelligence-in-2019\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">increase spending<\/a> over time to an annual \u20ac100 million (U.S. $123 million) on artificial intelligence as part of an innovation drive to develop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/dod\/2018\/01\/30\/artificial-intelligence-is-the-weapon-of-the-next-cold-war\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">future weapon systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florence Parly made the announcement March 16 at the launch of the government-backed Man-Machine Teaming, or MMT, study for applying AI to combat aircraft. That study is part of the ministry\u2019s road map to explore AI for armaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parly also announced the creation of an agency for defense innovation, which is open to civil and startup companies and as well as European cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About half the annual AI budget will fund studies, and some \u20ac10 million a year will test and integrate existing AI technology, the ministry said. Some 50 AI specialists will be recruited by 2022 to staff the Direction G\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l\u2019Armement procurement office and the services. The ministry will also keep track of civil development of AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parly visited Dassault Aviation on the launch of the MMT study, which was requested and funded by the DGA. Dassault and Thales will run the study, which will draw on a network of small and medium companies and laboratories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MMT study will look for \u201cinnovative strategies\u201d to fly fighter jets and drones together to evade air defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2018\/03\/15\/how-is-china-developing-ai-technology-so-much-faster-than-the-us\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635968213338509009-chinese-us-flagjpg.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How is China developing AI technology so much faster than the US?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">China&#039;s centralized, authoritarian government helps it streamline innovation without concern for civil liberties like privacy. So what does the U.S. need to do to compete?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Future aircraft flying in 2025-2030 will be fitted with advanced and high-resolution sensors, generating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/home\/2018\/03\/07\/google-is-helping-the-pentagon-learn-how-to-analyze-drone-footage\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"\" target=\"_blank\">great deal of data<\/a>, which will need to be processed and merged in real time. The study will consider how to merge that real-time data and also allow the system to draw on historic data and other sources of information in the combat cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese systems will be hyper connected,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the face of this increasing complexity, the human must manage the system and stay in the decision-making loop. 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