Supporting the 2026 NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act), we’re working with 8th POG to train special operations forces on AI and cognitive warfare. We thank COL Robert Cusick, CSM Casey Kendall, Joe Stradinger, Nate Flake, Dr. Doowan Lee, and Dan Brookes for making this possible.
The NDAA explicitly calls out cognitive warfare as an urgent strategic priority. It underscores how strategic competitors and malign actors such as the Chinese Communist Party and the Kremlin weaponize AI and perceptions in the cognitive domain as a decisive space for competition. It’s not limited to just the competition phase. It shapes and decides the full spectrum of conflict.
It acknowledges a problem many practitioners have felt for years. We lack shared definitions and strategic clarity. Information warfare, information operations, cyber, influence, and cognitive warfare are still routinely conflated, blurring roles, authorities, and investment decisions. This is even more critical in the age of AI.
NCNI and EdgeTheory lead the way our nation advances AI and cognitive warfare. We advance AI-powered tools and techniques to support our nation in competing and dominating in the cognitive domain.
