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Pentagon and Military Service Budget Requests for AI May See Avionics Applications

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, February 13th, 2020

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Pentagon and Military Service Budget Requests for AI May See Avionics Applications

The Bell V-280 tiltrotor may benefit from the development of artificial intelligence capabilities funded by the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) 2021 budget request. Photo: Bell

The Pentagon has requested $800 million for research and development for artificial intelligence (AI), including the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and Project Maven, in the DoD fiscal 2021 budget released this week. The military services also have funds in their budget requests for AI, which is likely to have significant impact on avionics systems. Officially launched by U.S. defense officials in 2017, Project Maven has looked to develop an AI tool to process data from full-motion video collected by…

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