AI as the Ultimate Research Assistant: How DARPA’s ASKE and ASKEM Are Rewriting the Rules of Defense Science

  Introduction: AI as a Strategic Multiplier for Scientific Decision-Making Modern defense advantage is no longer defined solely by weapons systems, but by the speed and quality of scientific understanding that informs their use. Across domains such as pandemics, climate instability, space weather, and infrastructure resilience, national security decisions depend on the ability to interpret…