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The New Military-Industrial Complex of Artificial Intelligence
What is the central argument of “The New Military-Industrial Complex of Artificial Intelligence”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets?
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Artificial intelligence is transforming the traditional military-industrial complex into a new strategic ecosystem where innovation, finance, and warfare converge. Unlike the Cold War model—centred on state-owned arsenals and vertically integrated defence contractors—the new structure operates as a distributed network that merges private capital, technological entrepreneurship, and government demand.
Artificial intelligence functions as the connective tissue of this ecosystem, linking research, production, and command functions through data. The result is a defence economy in which knowledge and computation, rather than steel or oil, form the critical resources of power.
This analysis answers: What is the central argument of “The New Military-Industrial Complex of Artificial Intelligence”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets? What does this mean for European defence funding, procurement and investment decisions? How mature and defensible is the position described in “The New Military-Industrial Complex of Artificial Intelligence”? Which European actors, programmes and funding instruments are most exposed?
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What is The New Military-Industrial Complex of Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial intelligence functions as the connective tissue of this ecosystem, linking research, production, and command functions through data.
Why does The New Military-Industrial Complex of Artificial Intelligence matter for European defence?
The result is a defence economy in which knowledge and computation, rather than steel or oil, form the critical resources of power.
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