Lockheed Martin’s AI Warfare Arena: Testing Intelligence for National Defense

Lockheed Martin is leading the charge in a dynamic environment aimed at expediting the assessment and operational rollout of artificial intelligence to assist military personnel in their endeavors. Lockheed Martin’s AI Fight Club™ serves as a thorough testing platform designed to simulate the operational efficiency of AI systems across air, land, sea, and space domains.

“Now, more than ever, it is crucial to demonstrate which implementations of AI technologies are superior, enabling the United States to outpace the threats confronting our nation and allies,” remarked John Clark, Lockheed Martin’s senior vice president of Technology and Strategic Innovation. “AI Fight Club employs cutting-edge simulation and visualization techniques to assess AI in authentic and intricate scenarios that replicate the complexities of modern combat. The teams boasting the most advanced AI will vie against one another to ascertain the most resilient, dependable, and productive models.”

A Test Bed for the Finest AI in the Country
AI Fight Club will leverage an artificial environment created by Lockheed Martin that replicates authentic scenarios over various domains. This initiative provides organizations and groups of all sizes an exceptional opportunity to examine their models in simulations meeting Department of Defense (DOD) standards. AI models will adhere to stringent DOD criteria that are essential within the AI Fight Club testing ground, showcasing the viability of the models for national defense.

Ultimately, these events will unite teams from across the industry alongside government specialists to collaborate within an exclusive setting that promotes innovation, uncovers vulnerabilities, and guides the evolution of enhanced AI systems to benefit the overall national security framework.

How It Functions

• Teams of specialists from various sectors will contend in direct matchups.
• Government delegates will interact with the participants during their demonstrations of capabilities.
• Organizers will determine a scenario for each matchup that mirrors authentic and intricate military operations for the contests, such as:
  • Air operations in a contested space
  • Multi-layered Homeland Defense
  • Coastal defense against amphibious incursions
  • Space-oriented surveillance and intelligence-gathering
• Teams will present their systems, which will subsequently be assessed in competitions based on their performance in each scenario.
• Insights and experiences garnered from AI Fight Club will guide the progression of future AI systems, advancing the industry, and ensuring American capabilities are optimized to meet the specific demands of the warfighter and the Joint Force.
• Participants will be afforded the chance to publish and present their findings and results, highlighting their innovations and advancements in AI.

What Comes Next?
Lockheed Martin is diligently crafting the virtual arena that will host the inaugural AI Fight Club. The company anticipates completing the simulation environment by the conclusion of Q3 2025, with the first AI Fight Club competition slated for Q4 2025.

Lockheed Martin is revealing AI Fight Club now to provide interested teams ample time to hone their AI capabilities and present their best efforts against challengers.