Warfighting AI is entering an era where connectivity cannot be assumed. Operations will be conducted in degraded and contested electromagnetic spectrum environments—and the mission still has to execute. [media.defense.gov]
That’s why the future isn’t “more cloud,” “more connectivity,” or “more integration.”
The future is sovereign execution under denial.
The Department’s own CJADC2 vision is about decision advantage “from the edge to the boardroom.” But that advantage collapses if your AI depends on external reach-back, external identity validation, or public-cloud control planes. [ai.mil]
Inevitability:
AI that can’t operate offline, controlled, and provable will not be operationally trusted in warfighting conditions. [media.defense.gov]
Sovereignty isn’t a preference.
It’s the only surviving architecture.