Development and Prospect of Intelligent Air-to-Ground Precision Strike Munition

Intelligent munition, which integrates networking, big data, deep learning and other artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, is increasingly become the key to military reforms and combats in the future. Therefore, this study defines the connotations and features of intelligent air-to-ground precision strike munition, and provides an analysis on the development status and trend of such munition at home and abroad from the aspects of single intelligence and swarm intelligence. By drawing experience from the development of the U.S. army, this paper elaborates on the ways of establishing the technological system of intelligent air-to-ground precision strike munition from three aspects, namely, single intelligent technology, system integration and operational application. The study is expected to promote the research and development of the next generation of air-to-ground precision strike munition with intelligent features including perception, learning, decision-making and collaboration.