The Air Force’s second demonstration of its burgeoning Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) yesterday, included a series of ‘firsts’ — like enabling rapid detection and destruction of surrogate Russian cruise missiles, by linking multiple sensors to multiple shooters in near real-time.

Perhaps most importantly, new Northern Command head Gen. Glen VanHerck told reporters this evening, the demo convinced him that artificial-intelligence-driven software systems will be able to actually make recommendations that commanders can rely on to make decisions about what they need to do to prosecute a fast-paced battle with peer competitors China and Russia.

“I am not a skeptic after watching today,” he said…

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