2025年11月13日，法国士兵在维埃纳省蒙莫里永附近的军事训练营进行无人机飞行训练。（Jean-François Fort / Hans Lucas / AFP 经由 Getty Images）巴黎——法国第一军司令贝努瓦·德穆勒（Benoît Desmeulles）将军表示，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“梅文项目”（Project Maven）的主权替代方案。
武装部队正与合作伙伴共同开发一套系统，以提供德穆勒所称的、以数据为中心并使用先进人工智能的“真正的分布式工作能力”，即“一个本质上等同于‘梅文’的主权系统”。
这位将军说，该系统可能在几个月内可用，并于2027年9月用于演习，但他拒绝提供具体细节。
“梅文项目”是五角大楼的一个项目，利用人工智能处理无人机和监视数据，以自动检测和跟踪物体，使用的是包括帕兰提尔科技（Palantir Technologies）在内的承包商提供的技术。由于涉及伊朗的人工智能辅助目标定位问题，“梅文”面临争议，人们对与自动化杀伤链相关的速度、问责制以及对平民的伤害表示担忧。
“我们确实将数据定位为我们所做一切的核心，”德穆勒周六在法国西部蒙莫里永军营向三名记者举行的简报会上说，他将数据描述为指挥部的“弹药”。
他说：“数据中心地位的概念已被军团、陆军和法国军队充分理解。所以，我们正专注于此。”
德穆勒表示，武装部队正走在开发“基于高度先进的人工智能、以数据为中心的真正分布式工作能力”的轨道上。“我们正遵循这一逻辑，以保持主权，这是我们的强项。”
德穆勒表示，即便“仍有一点点……”，他的军团已经从这种以数据为中心的方法中看到了“非常、非常好的”结果。
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.
