Executive Summary 1

Introduction 4

Background 5

The PLA’s Intelligentization Focus 5

Methodology 7

Enabling the PLA’s Command and Control: AI-Enabled Decision Support Systems

(AI-DSS) 9

Strategic, Multi-Domain, and Cross-Echelon Command and Control 9

Support for Targeting in the Air, Sea, and Space Domains 10

Cognitive Domain Operations 14

Deepfake Requests 14

Cognitive Targeting and Information Campaigns 15

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 17

Cross-Cutting Intelligence and Sensing Capabilities 17

Maritime Sensing 18

Undersea Sensing 19

Space Sensing 20

Surveillance 20

Communications, Computers, and Cyber 24

Communications 24

Cyber 25

Takeaways 29

Implications for the United States 31

Conclusion 33

Authors 34

Acknowledgments 34

Appendix: Methodology to Identify AI-related RFPs 35

Endnotes 36