What Advancements in Technology Do You Think Today's Military Would Most Benefit From?

Greater use of artificial intelligence using tools such as machine learning and cognitive services.

Blue tooth capabilities

I know that the technology of AI has a definite and certain future. I do not see that the future will be most beneficial to most individuals but I do believe that AI will not fall when the hardest times come and the need for trained AI specialists will be greatly needed. I also believe that other than technology, the face-to-face interpersonal communication skills are incredibly lacking in these times. This skill needs to be honed because it will become more important when technology is down.

Things in communications, weapons guidance, and field weapons lighter and with bigger punch., some light weight body armor….

Very broad question. Most benefit in moral, defense or offence? I guess which would cover all 3 and being the most beneficial is the advancement in AI. AI will ultimately overlap and aid in all advancements down the road in all aspects of the military. As for more tangible answers Id like to see mass production of carbon nano tubes. Whatever is propelling the infamous 'tic tac" would be a pertinent advancement in technology.

No technology honestly. When I joined the Marine Corp in 2006 the M777 was introduced right before I joined. The system has so many technology issues. I had 0811 buddies that missed the M198 because it was simple and didn't always break.
Yes technology is nice in some aspects but it was simpler without all the technological bells and whistles. There's always been a saying that I live by, K.I.S.S. "KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID". It'll make life easier.

Today's Military would best benefit in the advancement of artificial intelligence. AI today is fairly rudimentary, but getting better. More funding should be devoted to AI, specifically complex situational awareness, for example, identifying friends and foe in a dynamic situation. I believe we have automatic targeting already, but being able to identify a friendly or when deescalation is better than elimination would be huge. Just the opinion of a grunt...

In response to the post below, of course fundamentals should always be trained, without question. The question is about technology though. I like the new scope/site i seen with automatic targeting and adjusting. It would be nice though if it could also identify F/F.

AI that can determine when aggression may be imminent and take appropriate action to prevent said aggression.

The technology that makes a gas powered rifle go boom and accurately hit a target at 300 meters is relatively unobtrusive to the common military member. In a similar fashion, I see that distributed data architecture will over time allow data streaming in real-time from conflict zones will be analyzed as the data comes in and immediately feed back the results. The average grunt won't have to worry about data engineering but it will be integrated into every system they touch.

AI powered cybersecurity and offense.
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