{"id":49322,"date":"2023-04-28T16:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/04\/28\/connectivity-will-make-or-break-us-military-use-of-ai-official-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:34:26","slug":"connectivity-will-make-or-break-us-military-use-of-ai-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/04\/28\/connectivity-will-make-or-break-us-military-use-of-ai-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Connectivity will \u2018make or break\u2019 US military use of AI, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Leaps in military artificial intelligence and other advanced computing capabilities will be for naught if troops and battlefield systems can\u2019t ultimately connect to one another, and do so securely, an official with U.S. Central Command said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Department of Defense hails AI as a game-changer and the defense industry likewise invests and advertises its wares, it is network infrastructure, basic connectivity, that is \u201cat the core of anything related to\u201d the technology\u2019s real-world adoption, according to Schuyler Moore, CENTCOM\u2019s chief technology officer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlgorithms on their own are increasingly less interesting to us,\u201d she said April 27 at a SparkCognition Government Systems event in Austin, Texas. \u201cThe question is, do they run on the network with the right classification of other data that we need? Do they run in a particular area, at a forward operating base or on a vessel where the bandwidth is, in technical terms, real bad?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the U.S. prepares for potential conflict with China in the Pacific or Russia in Europe it confronts a conundrum: how to link forces far afield, operating covertly or under fire. Both China and Russia are thought capable of hampering U.S. military communications<\/a> and resisting its targeting and attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon is pursuing seamless networking \u2014 across land, air, sea, space and cyber \u2014 through a multibillion-dollar endeavor known as Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or JADC2. The Army, more specifically, considers network modernization one of its top priorities, alongside an overhaul of its aviation fleet and improved air-and-missile defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moore on Thursday said she and others \u201chad some really interesting, sometimes depressing, occasionally uplifting, conversations with the services about the network infrastructure<\/a> that we rely on,\u201d both stateside and overseas.<\/p>\n\n\n\t