Deploying Advanced AI at the Tactical Edge: Overcoming the Challenges of Real-Time Intelligence for Defense, Autonomous Systems, and National Security

Introduction: The New Battlespace for Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming modern military operations, industrial automation, and autonomous systems, but its greatest impact is emerging far from cloud data centers. The future battlespace increasingly depends on AI operating directly at the tactical edge—aboard unmanned aircraft, autonomous ground vehicles, naval platforms, satellites, wearable soldier systems,…