In the U.S. military, as in the private sector, the logistics business is foundationally a data business. Consequently, Defense officials think it’s one of the next logical areas to begin leveraging AI to help commanders inform their decision-making. In January, the Defense Innovation Unit awarded two contracts to start building prototypes for DoD’s forthcoming Joint Sustainment Decision Tool. “When you look at a deployment plan, you’re looking at thousands of rows of data,” Toomey said. A key priority in that feedback has been making logistics data more accessible to non-logisticians.