法国陆军第一军团司令Benoît Desmeulles少将表示，法国武装力量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“梅文项目”（Project Maven）的主权替代方案。
Desmeulles表示，军方正与合作伙伴共同开发一套系统，以提供他所称的以数据为中心、使用先进AI的“真正的分布式工作能力”。他称：“这套主权系统基本上将等同于梅文项目。”他拒绝提供具体细节，但表示该系统可能在几个月内问世，并能在2027年9月的演习中使用。
“梅文项目”是五角大楼的一个计划，利用AI处理无人机和监视数据，以自动检测和追踪物体。梅文项目此前因涉及AI辅助目标识别以及自动化杀伤链的速度、问责制和对平民的伤害等问题而面临争议。
“我们已经真正将数据定位为我们所有工作的中心，”Desmeulles在上周六的一次简报会上表示，他将数据描述为指挥部的“弹药”。“数据的重要性已在军团、陆军和法国军队中得到广泛共识。因此，我们正专注于此。”
Desmeulles补充称，他的军团已经从以数据为中心的方法中看到了“非常非常好”的结果，尽管目前仍处于早期阶段。他强调，遵循主权逻辑并在这一领域保持强大是法军的重点。
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.
