At the core of this article is the concept of the AI agent mesh: a self-organising network of specialised AI agents spanning the full depth of the battlespace — from the sensor on a drone to the combat vehicle to the operational command post. The article describes where AI development stands today, what the AI…

This article builds on the preceding contribution “Artificial Intelligence on the Battlefield – Findings and Requirements for Enhancing Capabilities in Land-Based Operations” and continues it with an in-depth examination of AI-enabled command-post work.

The global development of generative AI systems is advancing at tremendous speed. According to an estimate by the non-profit research institute Epoch AI, global AI capabilities are currently increasing fourteenfold per year. This affects not only the AI algorithms themselves, but also their architecture and computing power. By way of comparison, while the computing power…