In a military context, digital intelligence can be used to deliver decision advantage to the current and future battlespace. We are entering an era of information warfare. Battles will increasingly be fought across multiple domains – land, air, sea, space and cyber – simultaneously, and will be driven by data derived from sensors on crewed and uncrewed platforms operating across all of these domains. Decisions involving many variables across a rapidly changing and complex threat landscape will need to be made in seconds.
Without sufficient digital intelligence, armed forces personnel will lack the coherence, connectivity, and insights required to visualise, exploit and disseminate trusted data at a speed that can outpace their adversaries. From making smarter use of data (eg for risk reduction and threat response) to communicating securely anytime and anywhere, delivering integration across multiple domains will be key to ensuring national security and resilience. And it all comes down to the intelligent application of digital technology – something that we here at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence know a lot about.