Chinese defence firms showcased AI’s potential to improve combat decisions at an annual military expo in the capital last week, giving a glimpse of what could be available to the armed forces.
Vendors at the China (Beijing) Military Intelligent Technology Expo also showed how artificial intelligence could be applied to daily training, intelligence gathering, and even physical training for soldiers.
Among them was Beijing-based start-up EverReach AI, which presented an AI-assisted military training model with a flight map of an area near the Taiwan Strait as a “product case”. It appeared to show how the technology could be used to refine drills around Taiwan.
A sales representative did not confirm whether the product was used in the strait, saying only that the company had been supplying the military “for years” and that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was already using the system for “daily flight training”.
According to sales staff, the system learned from each flight training session, including weather conditions and pilot habits, to suggest actions.
EverReach AI also offered an “intelligent assistant” for military commanders.
