South Korea’s Army is looking to automate more of its field maintenance and logistics operations using artificial intelligence, robotics and autonomous systems, as the military prepares for a sustained decline in available personnel. According to military officials Wednesday, Army Headquarters has commissioned a study on converting key maintenance functions to automated systems as part of efforts to build what it calls a “smart field maintenance support system.” Under the study, the Army will examine AI-based predictive maintenance using small language models and machine learning, as well as ways to automate maintenance information management. For logistics operations, the Army plans to study automated storage and handling systems, drone delivery, autonomous transport vehicles and palletized load systems. The Army’s 1st Supply Group unveiled a smart logistics center last week that has automated about 70 percent of its logistics processes.