China’s National Defense University of Technology (NUDT) has developed an artificial intelligence system that acts as a “digital chief of staff,” in a move aimed at enhancing leadership and decision-making capabilities within military institutions.
The artificial intelligence system has been integrated into the battalion-level command information platforms of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
During a simulated amphibious landing operation, the system demonstrated a significant advantage over human operators, making decisions 43% faster than experienced military commanders while maintaining over 90% accuracy even under heavy electronic jamming and communication disruptions. Five Chinese military officers, each with an average of 12 years of experience in amphibious landings, participated in the test.
The system combines a Large Language Model (LLM) and a dynamic, real-time tactical map, enabling it to efficiently filter out information noise, extract the "critical information needs" upon which mission success depends, and detect hidden threats.
This system is expected to significantly accelerate the decision-making process for military leaders thanks to the support provided by artificial intelligence. Even when participants were subjected to wireless electronic jamming, the system maintained 90% operational efficiency.
In what is known as the "fog of war," where humans continue to analyze data, artificial intelligence may already have proposed realistic solutions or begun implementing them.
This development is currently being implemented at the battalion level within the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The system's developers assert that their innovation may be the world's first autonomous command system actually deployed within combat structures.
It is reported that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army continues to integrate robotic systems and artificial intelligence technologies at an accelerated pace, with the aim of compensating for the lack of actual combat experience among a number of officers, through expanding the use of advanced technologies.
Chinese television also broadcast drills to test tactics for cooperation between humans and unmanned systems in urban combat environments, in a move seen by observers as a Chinese response to the American company Palantir.
In the same vein, Andrei Shitov, a political analyst for the Russian news agency TASS, announced on the Russian Channel One program "Time Will Show" (Vremya Pokazhet) a "revolutionary" Russian development in the field of military artificial intelligence. According to him, Cognitive Technologies, led by Olga Uskova, has developed a military AI system called "Viy," which could be a strategic Russian response to Palantir Technologies, a US contractor for the US Department of Defense.
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Headquarters: Denver, Colorado, USA.
Key products: the “Gotham” platform for government and military entities, the “Foundry” platform for companies and commercial institutions, in addition to the “Apollo” and “AIP” artificial intelligence platforms.
Key clients include: intelligence agencies and the U.S. Department of Defense, along with global companies such as Morgan Stanley, Airbus, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
Financial Update (2025–2026): The company recorded remarkable financial growth, with revenues reaching approximately $4.48 billion in 2025, with expectations of exceeding $7.6 billion in 2026. Meanwhile, revenues for the first quarter of 2026 jumped by 85% compared to the same period of the previous year.
