{"id":31222,"date":"2022-08-10T18:05:08","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T18:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/10\/us-army-lethality-task-force-looks-to-ai-to-decrease-casualties\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:36:40","slug":"us-army-lethality-task-force-looks-to-ai-to-decrease-casualties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/robotics\/2022\/08\/10\/us-army-lethality-task-force-looks-to-ai-to-decrease-casualties\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army\u2019s lethality task force looks to save lives with AI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Artificial intelligence and autonomous robots could hold the key to improving the lethality and performance of close combat units. Front-line infantry personnel have long suffered casualties in higher proportion to other positions, with those soldiers comprising 90% of U.S. military combat deaths since World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Trump administration, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/09\/19\/this-mattis-created-task-force-wants-to-recruit-and-retain-the-best-candidates-for-the-infantry\/\" target=\"_blank\">created<\/a> the Pentagon\u2019s Close Combat Lethality Task Force to examine capability shortfalls and address what the department head saw as decades-long gaps in the equipping and training of close-combat units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While leadership of the task force now falls to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/02\/07\/army-task-force-takeover-could-spell-doom-for-infantry-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army<\/a> rather than the defense secretary, the initiative continues to look at shortfalls across multiple services\u2019 small units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With AI the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/2022\/07\/05\/us-must-invest-in-emerging-tech-to-keep-pace-with-china-govini-report-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">name of the game<\/a> in the Pentagon\u2019s ongoing modernization efforts, the 4-year-old task force is turning to academia and industry leaders to regain a competitive edge in close combat and examine how the military can leverage autonomous technology to address small units\u2019 priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are transforming the joint force by integrating next-generation technologies and war-fighting concepts,\u201d Col. Shannon Nielsen, the task force\u2019s director, said in a statement. \u201c[This] enhances our ability to compete globally, deter adversaries, and win on all-domain battlefields at the small-unit level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission of the task force is twofold: to increase the lethality of close combat soldiers while decreasing causalities of U.S. infantry members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part of the initiative focused on identifying and developing options for investment that include \u201cmore lethal and discriminating individual weapons systems, while recognizing the imperative to lighten load for infantry squads,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/irp.fas.org\/doddir\/dod\/dtm-18-001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">memo<\/a> put out by Mattis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, Mattis\u2019 successor, Mark Esper, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/03\/03\/army-leaders-commit-to-keeping-marines-in-close-combat-task-force\/?contentQuery=%7B%22section%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22exclude%22%3A%22%2Fnews%2Fyour-military%22%2C%22from%22%3A45%2C%22size%22%3A10%7D&#038;contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8\" target=\"_blank\">directed<\/a> the Army to take control of the task force, citing the branch\u2019s large share of infantry and special operators. The task force moved its headquarters to Fort Benning in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve gotten smaller and leaner since we arrived in Fort Benning,\u201d Ed Agee, a principal program analyst with the task force, told C4ISRNET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The force, which still includes members coming from multiple services, is now looking toward AI and robots to fill in infantry squads\u2019 capability gaps. At the end of July, the force hosted the first meeting of the Artificial Intelligence for Small Unit Maneuver working group at Fort Benning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6378\" height=\"3839\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_6bd52a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_6bd52a.jpg 6378w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_6bd52a.jpg?resize=300,181 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_6bd52a.jpg?resize=768,462 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_6bd52a.jpg?resize=1024,616 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_6bd52a.jpg?resize=1536,925 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg_6bd52a.jpg?resize=2048,1233 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6378px) 100vw, 6378px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AI for Small Unit Maneuver working group participants watch a demonstration a robotic and infantry mission scenario. (Alexander Gago\/U.S. Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Building on the task force\u2019s mission of improving lethality for small units, the group is particularly interested in providing autonomous and AI technology to close-combat troops in the Army, Marine Corps and special forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants at the event witnessed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/2022\/06\/23\/darpa-adding-common-sense-to-battlefield-robots\/\" target=\"_blank\">technologies<\/a> that might eventually hit the battlefield, such as a four-legged robot, or \u201cdog,\u201d and small unmanned aerial vehicles. The event was part of the Army\u2019s \u201c10x platoon\u201d experiment, which tries out technologies to upgrade infantry forces for the decade ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re pushing the edge of the envelope, thinking outside the box,\u201d Agee said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the robots and autonomous technologies tested at the event were unarmed, Agee said he could see the beginnings of the transition to armed capabilities based on the remote technologies witnessed at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different technologies could find homes in different services depending on the capability gaps each service has within its small units. The Army, for example, views the \u201cdog\u201d as a top priority, Agee explained. The four-legged robot could be used to scout a building or location that might come under fire, taking the place of a soldier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the military\u2019s special forces are prioritizing technologies that allow a command\u2019s platforms to operate in denied airspace where adversaries might block communications or network access, Agee added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The working group included operational end users who previously saw in combat. At the event, they had the opportunity to provide feedback to engineers, industry personnel and academics in attendance about the technologies tested and what improvements or changes they would like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Aug. 31, defense leaders from the services will provide the task force with a list of capability gaps for the Army, Marines and special forces. From there, Agee said, the task force will turn to industry leaders and academics to brainstorm ideas about what AI technologies help meet those needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf a technology shows great promise, and it\u2019s successful with development, and the decision is made to make it a program of record, it would go through &#8230; an accelerated version of acquisition,\u201d Agee said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the decision to accelerate an acquisition timeline depends on the promise of the technology and what shortfall the technology can address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The working group, including the task force, meets monthly with members of the joint AI community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Close Combat Lethality Task Force hosted the first meeting of the Artificial Intelligence for Small Unit Maneuver working group at Fort Benning, where participants tested robots 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