# AI Can Help Weapons Discern Threats Across the Network by Justin Jenia
> "We will continue to advance the application of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomy across our systems. This really allows the missile to increase its ability to discern a threat and utilize the full network and guidance and command systems—from space to air to sea and to ground."
> **— Justin Jenia**, *September 15, 2025, The Future Is Here: Sixth-Generation Air Dominance*
## Sources and Context
- **Direct official source and complete contiguous wording:** [The Future Is Here: Sixth-Generation Air Dominance](https://www.rtx.com/news/2025/09/15/sixth-gen-air-dominance) — Jenia connects AI-assisted threat discrimination to a cross-domain command network.
- **Routing classification:** CT-enabling sensing architecture. This label describes the quotation's relationship to the counterterrorism technology stack; it does not alter the speaker's wording or claim that every cited system has a direct counterterrorism mission.
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"We will continue to advance the application of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomy across our systems. This really allows the missile to increase its ability to discern a threat and utilize the full network and guidance and command systems—from space to air to sea and to ground."
— Justin Jenia, September 15, 2025, The Future Is Here: Sixth-Generation Air Dominance
https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ct-architecture-ai-can-help-weapons-discern-threats-across-the-network
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