Artificial Intelligence is already being used in multiple ways within the defense sector, yet its rapid expansion is creating a significant transformation for the Defense Industrial and Technological Base (DITB, which includes 9 major groups and 4,500 SMEs in France).

Transitioning from symbolic AI (based on explicit logical rules: equation systems, decision trees, etc.) to models that can be “implicit” (statistical learning, neural networks, etc.) and capable of learning, AI now enables systems to perform complex tasks. Through machine learning and deep learning, powered by large annotated datasets, AI can accomplish tasks such as image recognition (computer vision), predictive analysis, and anomaly detection. Generative AI goes even further, creating original content and offering new possibilities (design of complex systems, creation of synthetic satellite images, and assisted operational planning).