This was very interesting! Electronic warfare presents a big challenge for any base controlled operations, so the reliance on automated system with no interference seems to be the answer. But the merging of systems with the ability to switch between oversight and lack of it does seems to be the best of both world
Great observation, Ananya. What has changed since this post is that systems are now built around mission-level delegation. Humans define objectives, constraints, and engagement logic up front, and the AI executes and adapts inside those boundaries. We argued for this because Ukraine showed that electronic warfare collapses live control links, so anything that depends on a human intervening mid-mission becomes unreliable. Concepts like loyal wingmen, resilient swarm autonomy, and AI-driven battle management now reflect that reality.
Great piece ! I belive for long run approach, it is not feasable and to good extend not even possible to have human in the loop, the nature of human is too slow.
This was very interesting! Electronic warfare presents a big challenge for any base controlled operations, so the reliance on automated system with no interference seems to be the answer. But the merging of systems with the ability to switch between oversight and lack of it does seems to be the best of both world
Great observation, Ananya. What has changed since this post is that systems are now built around mission-level delegation. Humans define objectives, constraints, and engagement logic up front, and the AI executes and adapts inside those boundaries. We argued for this because Ukraine showed that electronic warfare collapses live control links, so anything that depends on a human intervening mid-mission becomes unreliable. Concepts like loyal wingmen, resilient swarm autonomy, and AI-driven battle management now reflect that reality.
Great piece ! I belive for long run approach, it is not feasable and to good extend not even possible to have human in the loop, the nature of human is too slow.
Good point – with this 2-3 second window now shows that fully autonomous systems may be the only way to keep pace in the future.