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\title{Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team (Project Maven)}



\author[1]{Serdar Arslan}%
\affil[1]{Affiliation not available}%


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  \date{May 08, 2024}


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Project~Maven, a fast-moving Pentagon project also known as
the~Algorithmic~Warfare Cross-Functional Team (AWCFT),
was~\href{http://dodcio.defense.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Project\%20Maven\%20DSD\%20Memo\%2020170425.pdf}{established
in April 2017}.~Maven's stated mission is to ``accelerate DoD's
integration of~big data~and~machine learning.'' In total, the Defense
Department spent \$7.4 billion on artificial intelligence-related areas
in 2017,
the~\href{https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-arms-race-in-ai-1520009261}{\emph{Wall
Street Journal}}~reported.

The project's first assignment was to help the Pentagon efficiently
process the~deluge~of video footage collected daily by its aerial
drones---an amount of footage so vast that human analysts can't keep
up,~\href{https://thebulletin.org/project-maven-brings-ai-fight-against-isis11374}{according
to Greg Allen}, an~adjunct~fellow at the Center for a New American
Security, who co-authored
a~\href{https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/files/publication/AI\%20NatSec\%20-\%20final.pdf}{lengthy
July 2017 report}~on the military's use of artificial intelligence.
Although the Defense Department has poured resources into the
development of advanced sensor technology to gather information during
drone flights, it has lagged in creating analysis tools to comb through
the data.

Maven~was tasked with using~machine learning~to identify vehicles and
other objects in drone footage, taking that burden off analysts.~Maven's
initial goal was to provide the military with advanced~computer vision,
enabling the automated detection and identification of objects in as
many as 38 categories captured by a drone's full-motion camera,
according to
the~\href{https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1254719/project-maven-to-deploy-computer-algorithms-to-war-zone-by-years-end/}{Pentagon}.~Maven~provides
the department with the ability to track individuals as they~come and
go~from different locations.

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The Defense Department set an aggressive timeline for~Maven---the
project was expected to be up and running just six months after it was
founded,
and~\href{https://thebulletin.org/project-maven-brings-ai-fight-against-isis11374}{reportedly}~has
been deployed in the fight against the Islamic State since December.

\url{https://defensesystems.com/articles/2017/11/03/maven-dod.aspx}

\url{https://www.fedscoop.com/project-maven-dod-machine-learning/}

\url{https://www.govexec.com/media/gbc/docs/pdfs\_edit/establishment\_of\_the\_awcft\_project\_maven.pdf}

\url{https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1254719/project-maven-to-deploy-computer-algorithms-to-war-zone-by-years-end/}

\url{https://thebulletin.org/project-maven-brings-ai-fight-against-isis11374}

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