The US Army is upping its bet on artificial intelligence and working to broaden acquisition plans in hopes the cutting-edge tech can help with everything from sensor operations to ground vehicles to aviation and training, according to one of the service’s top tech officials.
“We are doing things now so we can accelerate that adoption,” Young Bang, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition, Logistics, & Technology (ASA(ALT)), said during a panel at the 16th Annual Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium in Novi, Mich. “We want the ability to make risk-based decisions with some controls.”
Meanwhile, the Army is also looking to AI defenses as well, according to Jennifer Swanson, SES, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Data, Engineering, & Software). “We have to protect ourselves from whatever our adversaries will bring to the table.”