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Source: https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-885892
Fighting Israel's Wars with Artificial Intelligence
(Jerusalem Post) Amir Bohbot - Col. (res.) Yaron Sherig, 44, head of the Israel Defense Ministry's AI and Autonomy Directorate, established in December 2024, told Maariv in an interview that the directorate has enlisted dozens of startup companies to ensure "that every sophisticated algorithm is quickly transformed into a tool in the hands of the fighter in the field." Some of the IDF's maneuvering platforms already have AI components embedded in them, upgrading force protection and attack capabilities in real time. The systems, innovative applications, and robots being developed at MAFAT - the Directorate of Defense, Research & Development - are making IDF fighters and their weapons more precise, faster, and deadlier than ever before. Computer screens or gadgets currently in the hands of maneuvering units, augmented reality glasses, smart controllers, and combat tablets are only the visible tip. The real resource is the data accumulated over more than two years of fighting, from which AI distills lessons and insights at record speed, offering answers to the most complex battlefield questions. One task is to locate threats where the human eye would struggle. While the fighter scans the horizon, AI has already marked the targets. The system sharpens what is truly relevant for the end user, identifies suspects, and distinguishes them from routine events. It focuses the fighter's attention precisely on the point where the threat is hiding, before the force enters an ambush.