Army wants AI tech to help manage airspace operations
The Army released an RFI Wednesday as it looks for potential solutions.
By
Jon Harper
July 31, 2025
The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and the Threat Systems Management Office push a swarm of 40 drones through the town during the battle of Razish, National Training Center on May 8th, 2019. (U.S. Army Photo by Pv2 James Newsome)
The Army is reaching out to industry as it looks for AI technologies to help commanders manage airspace environments that are growing increasingly complex with the integration of new systems like drones.
The service issued a request for information Wednesday to help the program executive office for intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors and the program manager for Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) get feedback from industry and identify potential solutions.
The Army wants to mitigate the cognitive burden for commanders and boost their situational awareness.
“As the Army continues to integrate advanced technologies and expand its use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), rotary-wing, fixed-wing, and emerging platforms, traditional airspace management methods are being challenged by the growing scale, speed, and complexity of operations,” officials wrote in the RFI.
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