Title page 1

Contents 4

Executive Summary 2

Introduction 5

Background 6

The PLA's Intelligentization Focus 6

Methodology 8

Enabling the PLA's Command and Control: AI-Enabled Decision Support Systems (AI-DSS) 10

Strategic, Multi-Domain, and Cross-Echelon Command and Control 10

Support for Targeting in the Air, Sea, and Space Domains 11

Cognitive Domain Operations 15

Deepfake Requests 15

Cognitive Targeting and Information Campaigns 16

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 18

Cross-Cutting Intelligence and Sensing Capabilities 18

Maritime Sensing 19

Undersea Sensing 20

Space Sensing 21

Surveillance 21

Communications, Computers, and Cyber 25

Communications 25

Cyber 26

Takeaways 30

Implications for the United States 32

Conclusion 34

Authors 35

Acknowledgments 35

Appendix: Methodology to Identify AI-related RFPs 36

Endnotes 37