Artificial intelligence (AI) is altering our ways of life and statecraft. Warfare is no exception to this evolution. As military forces around the world are looking for cutting-edge technologies to make themselves more war-efficient in waging wars, new opportunities and challenges are emerging in this domain. Enhancing warfighting capabilities is not the only driver behind developing AI technologies for military applications, it is also opening new avenues of conflict management by providing complex simulated results with great accuracy.

This unprecedented potential of AI in warfare demands a closer examination of some use cases and examples of how different states and defense industry players are exploring and adapting AI to change the orientation of modern warfare. This change is not limited to military hardware alone. Due to the limited scope of this op-ed, only AI’s fusion in various aspects of aerial warfare has been discussed.

Air power is paramount for any military force and AI is ushering changes in this domain which hitherto were unthinkable. Spectrum warfare is the key to getting air dominance but it is a very complex, expensive, and technically daunting affair due to the ever-changing situation in air combat. Identifying and isolating enemy aircraft electromagnetic signatures has always been a primary goal for any air force or Air Defense System (ADS) guarding any sensitive installation on the ground.

AI can help locate the unique signature of a radio or radar signal that’s emitted by a particular aircraft within the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Once this........

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