法国武装部队正在开发一套由人工智能驱动的数据管理系统，作为美国国防部“梅文计划”的主权等效系统。法国第一军团司令伯努瓦·德斯穆勒将军表示，该系统旨在提供“真正的分布式工作能力”。
德斯穆勒将军在简报中指出，该系统可能在几个月内可用，并计划参加2027年9月的演习。美国的“梅文计划”利用AI处理无人机和监视数据以自动检测目标，但也因AI辅助目标定位的问责制和平民伤害问题面临争议。
“我们确实将数据定位为我们所做一切的核心，”德斯穆勒将军表示，他将数据描述为指挥部的“弹药”。他强调，数据中心化已得到法国军方的高度共识，法方正遵循这一逻辑以保持技术主权。
目前，该部队在以数据为中心的方法上已经看到了非常好的效果，尽管仍有改进空间。与此同时，为了应对欧洲弹药短缺，瑞典和波兰的企业正在增加对炸药工厂的投资。
French soldiers practice flying drones during training at a military training camp near Montmorillon in the Vienne department on Nov. 13, 2025. (Jean-François Fort / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)PARIS — France’s armed forces are working on a data-management system powered by artificial intelligence as a sovereign equivalent to the U.S. Defense Department’s Project Maven, said Gen. Benoît Desmeulles, the commander of the French 1st Army Corps.The armed forces are working with partners on a system to provide what Desmeulles called “true distributed working capability” centered on data and using advanced AI, “a sovereign system that will essentially be the equivalent of Maven.”The system could be available within a few months, and available for exercises in September 2027, the general said, declining to provide specifics.Project Maven is a Pentagon program that uses AI to process drone and surveillance data to automatically detect and track objects, using technology provided by contractors including Palantir Technologies. Maven has faced controversy amid questions about AI-assisted targeting in Iran, with concerns about speed, accountability, and harm to civilians related to automated kill chains.“We’ve really positioned data as the center of everything we do,” Desmeulles said in a briefing with three reporters on Saturday at the Montmorillon military camp in western France, describing data as the ammunition of the command post.“The centrality of data is something that’s well understood by the corps, the Army, and the French forces,” he said. “So, we’re really focused on that.”The armed forces are on track to develop “a true distributed working capability, based on highly advanced artificial intelligence and centered on data,” Desmeulles said. “We’re following that logic, to remain sovereign, and that’s an area where we are strong.”Desmeulles said his corps is already seeing “very, very good” results from a data-centric approach, even if there is “still a little way to go before it’s practically perfect in my eyes.”France has several AI companies that are active in defense, including Comand AI, ChapsVision and Safran’s AI business, and is also home to a major developer of large-language models with Mistral AI. France in 2024 created an agency under the Armed Forces Ministry that works on AI for defense.Rudy Ruitenberg is a Europe correspondent for Defense News. He started his career at Bloomberg News and has experience reporting on technology, commodity markets and politics.