1、Report Sponsored bySEPTEMBER 2023THE RACE FOR DATA SUPREMACYAchieving decision advantage to deter future conflicts2The race for data supremacy:Achieving decision advantage to deter future conflictsThe race for data supremacy:Achieving decision advantage to deter future conflictsVictory in future war

2、s will increasingly depend on which side most swiftly gathers strategic insights from data and is able to deploy them,from headquarters and the tactical edge and throughout the battlespace in real-time combat conditions.Without an urgent transformation in the militarys ability to synthesize and dist

3、ribute information through a secure data architecture,the US and its allies could lose their ability to deter or win potential conflicts as rival nations develop their own capabilities.1 i.e.,Australia,Canada,New Zealand,the United Kingdom,and the US.2 https:/cepa.org/comprehensive-reports/elevating

4、-our-edge-a-path-to-integrating-emerging-and-disruptive-technologies.“If I can own the data on the battlefield,then Im five steps ahead,”says former US Air Force Major General Robert Wheeler,one of several leaders across NATO and the Five Eyes nations interviewed for this paper.“I need this data tim

5、ely,I need it accurate,and I need it across the battlefield.”Yet the US military and its allies in NATO and Five Eyes1 have not moved quickly enough to make these essential capabilities available.And as the revolution in data science,sensors,autonomous assets,and Artificial Intelligence(AI)continues

6、,the risks of losing decision advantage multiply.With data sources rapidly proliferating,agile software and integrated information delivery systems,like a data fabric architecture,will transform deterrence and create decisive advantages for the forces that deploy the best data fastest.The only quest