Improved leadership capabilities through cyber, cloud and AI

Improving leadership skills is one of today's key defense challenges. This has not only been true since the oft-cited turning point. The constant improvement, adaptation and use of new technologies and possibilities is an ongoing, overarching task that is of crucial importance in the context of current security policy developments.

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New technologies, modern processes and powerful IT systems are the prerequisites for the Bundeswehr to be able to act efficiently, quickly and in a situation-oriented manner at all management levels and in all dimensions (land, air, sea, space, cyber).

The situation report as the heart of the leadership process

Leading means deciding. And deciding means recognizing the situation, evaluating it and acting in a targeted manner. The military leadership process is based on a continuous control loop – from situation assessment to planning and issuing orders to control. The starting point: a current, precise situation report.

The basis for this are intelligent technologies, high-performance platforms and user-oriented solutions that… make a decisive contribution to the generation, processing and presentation of these situation reports – whether in classic operations or in complex, digital operational areas.

Decision Intelligence: AI support for situational awareness

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into situational awareness enables faster processing of large amounts of data from various sources. The use of reasoning models and multi-agent systems makes it possible to efficiently analyze even extremely complex information, establish connections and evaluate options for action. Current reasoning models extend the approaches of classical language models and make it possible to draw complex logical conclusions and solve multi-level problems. In multi-agent systems, a team of AI modules – the so-called agents – work together to process a task. Similar to a human team, each agent is responsible for a specific aspect, critically examines results and makes their own solution suggestions to other agents, which they further develop and refine.

This type of decision support and decision intelligence not only accelerates situation assessment and planning, but also This increases the ability to react to dynamic operational situations through an unprecedented assistance service for military managers – modular, scalable and can also be implemented on-premises in sensitive environments.

The digital dimension of the battlefield: cyber situational images in real time

In the digital battlefield, monitoring the cyber situation is crucial. The ability to detect and evaluate system failures, unexpected behavior and possibly damaging or manipulating user access in real time, contributes significantly to ensuring long-term operational readiness and effective leadership.

With the help of powerful monitoring tools, the cyber situation can be recorded, analyzed and visualized in real time – even displayed on a geo-referenced situation map. Whether it's about the availability of a complete command post, network integrity or technical sensor data from individual systems: critical information becomes visible, connections can be recognized and highlighted Verifiable data-based facts can be used for quick and reliable decision-making.

Partnership. Future-oriented. For digital defense.

Digital solutions thus support human decision-makers in targeted leadership as a supplement and enabler.

With strong expertise from more than 35 years of IT experience in the defense sector, we specifically invest in key technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud and cyber in order to develop innovative project approaches that contribute to operational effectiveness.

Simon Vieth is the press spokesman at CONET. Originally a historian and freelance editor, he switched desks almost 25 years ago and currently focuses on public relations and social media appearances at CONET.