U.S. Army invests $700 million in AI platform to speed target selection
The Army has signed a $700 million contract with Striveworks to expand its Chariot AI system, which helps soldiers turn sensor data into actionable targets.
The U.S. Army announced a $700 million agreement with Striveworks, dramatically expanding the use of the company’s Chariot artificial-intelligence platform. Chariot acts as a decision-making hub, ingesting data from radios, sensors and drones, then evaluating whether an object is a viable target, aligning the assessment with doctrine, legal standards and commander intent. The system can perform in minutes tasks that would normally require a team of four to ten people over an hour.
Units such as the 4th Infantry Division have tested the tool during Project Convergence Capstone 6 at Fort Irwin, California, and their feedback is being used to refine the software. Chariot is a core component of the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) program, which is now moving to I Corps at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and being hardened for use in harsh, dispersed environments, including the Indo-Pacific. The platform also integrates with other military systems like Maven and the Integrated Battle Command System.
Why it matters
Accelerating AI-driven target analysis could give U.S. forces a decisive speed advantage on future battlefields.
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