Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) is an integrated command and control (C2) concept of the Department of Defense (DOD) to connect sensors from all services—Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space Force—into a single network. This shared tactical network aims to effectively support joint intelligence, course of action development, and decision making in conflicts that may require decisions within seconds and minutes as compared to hours and days. Such connectivity and flexibility is likely to result in changes to existing C2 architecture, and it is expected to produce massive amounts of data from the multitude of sensor technologies and human intelligence sources across services. For effective decision-making in JADC2, commanders will require specific information relevant to their roles and commander-critical information requirements (CCIRs). High information load, time sensitivity, and delayed, intermittent and low-bandwidth (DIL) environments will benefit from advanced data analysis technologies. The Military Information Superiority Technology (MISTec) is a set of AI algorithms enabling the right data to be routed to the right commander at the right time, supporting JADC2 goals to enable better decisions through AI. Given mission CCIRs and other operational parameters, MISTec derives insights on a commander’s dynamic information priorities. From there, incoming data from multimodal sources are analyzed through natural language processing-powered AI to identify individualized priorities for each incoming datapoint. A dynamic messaging priority queue ensures data is optimally routed to inidivudals, accounting for potentially changing channel bandwidth. Commander feedback to the system facilitates recomputing priorities and ongoing model refinement and personalization. This paper will discuss the development of the AI prioritization engine, how outputs can increase situation awareness in military C2, and how the AI engine can be expanded in future to increase utility to the operational community.
Keywords
AI,INFORMATION OPERATIONS,MACHINE LEARNING
Additional Keywords
Joint Command and Control, Decision Making