DOD eyes machine learning, artificial intelligence for nuclear C3 enterprise

By Sara Sirota / December 23, 2019 at 2:00 PM
The Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Center (NEC) aims to leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to enable a more efficient exchange of information between decision-makers, warfighters and weapon systems. Algorithms will not have the ability to make decisions or execute the nuclear mission, Elizabeth Durham-Ruiz, the NEC’s director, said in a recent interview. Rather, she described ML and AI as information technology capabilities for the enterprise. "A perfect example is, if there are many different sensor systems from...

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