# Software-Defined Warfare **Entity class:** Military concept **Domain:** Defense / Software systems **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Software-defined warfare treats military capability as increasingly determined by code, models, networks, sensors, and rapid update cycles rather than only by fixed hardware platforms. ## Mechanism and significance The model favors continuous deployment and modular systems, creating tension with procurement structures designed around multidecade weapons programs. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems|Autonomous Warfare and Strategic Systems]] - **Primary fields:** [[Autonomous Weapons]] · [[AI Superpower]] · [[Machine Succession]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Newt Gingrich]] · [[Autonomous Warfare]] · [[Human-in-the-Loop Lethal Decision]] · [[Exponential Drone Warfare]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.