Pentagon to build AI for war planning in Europe and Asia
In a bid to accelerate military decision-making—particularly in the European and Indo-Pacific regions—the Pentagon has hired Scale AI to prototype an artificial-intelligence program to help plan military campaigns, test battle scenarios, anticipate threats, and more.
Dubbed Thunderforge, the system is intended to enable commanders “to navigate evolving operational environments” using “advanced large language models (LLMs), AI-driven simulations, and interactive agent-based wargaming,” the Defense Innovation Unit said Wednesday in a statement.
Under the contract, the value of which was not disclosed, Scale AI will work with Anduril, whose Lattice system synthesizes drone and other sensor data for faster combat operations, and with Microsoft, which makes LLM software.
The final product will go to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, or INDOPACOM, and U.S. European Command, EUCOM, to help with “campaign development, theater-wide resource allocation, and strategic assessment,” according to DIU.