# Military AI **Entity class:** Military technology domain ## Definition **Military AI** is the application of artificial intelligence to defense missions, including intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, logistics, command and control, cyber operations, force protection, planning, autonomy, and decision support. It is an infrastructure problem involving data, cloud, networks, compute, software, testing, and people. ## Relevance to this collection It connects [[wiki/Paul Scharre|Paul Scharre]], [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence and National Security|Artificial Intelligence and National Security]], [[wiki/CJADC2|CJADC2]], [[wiki/Open DAGIR|Open DAGIR]], and [[wiki/Project Maven|Project Maven]]. ## Relationships - **master collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **intellectual neighborhood:** [[wiki/Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection|Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. Department of Defense, *Data, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy*, November 2, 2023](https://media.defense.gov/2023/Nov/02/2003333300/-1/-1/1/DOD-DATA-ANALYTICS-AI-ADOPTION-STRATEGY.PDF). **As of:** 2026-09-23