This document outlines the agenda for a lecture on military applications of artificial intelligence, which will include a guest lecture from retired Lieutenant General Jack Shanahan. The lecture will review the Department of Defense budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, including total budget amounts by appropriation category and budgets for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and major weapons programs. Students will be assigned a mid-term paper advocating for how the DoD budget priorities should change in light of national security objectives, to be addressed to representatives on the House Armed Services Committee.

1. Technology, Innovation,
and Modern War
INTLPOL 340; MS&E 296
Steve Blank, Joe Felter, Raj Shah
Lecture 7: Military Applications of
Artificial Intelligence

2. Agenda
• Class Logistics
• White Board Session
• Guest Lecture: LTG (ret) Jack Shanahan
• Discussion
• Mid-term review and discussion

3. LTG USAF (ret) Jack Shanahan
Founding Director
Joint Artificial Intelligence Center

4. EXHIBIT 1- TOTAL DOD BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR
2020 & 2021 BY APPROPRIATION CATEGORY ($B)
SOURCE:
https://comptroller.defense.go
v/Portals/45/Documents/defb
udget/fy2021/fy2021_Budget
_Request.pdf

5. EXHIBIT 2- DOD BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 &
2021 BY SERVICE AND APPROPRIATION CATEGORY
SOURCE:
http://defense360.csis.org/wp
-
content/uploads/2020/08/Anal
ysis-of-the-FY-2021-Defense-
Budget.pdf
Department of the Army Department of the Navy (Navy & U.S. Marine Corps)
Department of the Air Force

6. EXHIBIT 3- TOP DOD WEAPONS PROGRAMS IN FISCAL YEAR 2021
BUDGET REQUEST
SOURCE:
https://comptroller.defense.go
v/Portals/45/Documents/defb
udget/fy2021/fy2021_Budget
_Request_Overview_Book.pd
f

7. EXHIBIT 4- SPENDING REQUESTS FOR TOP ACQUISITON
PROGRAMS BY SERVICE THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2025
SOURCE:
http://defense360.csis.org/wp
-
content/uploads/2020/08/Anal
ysis-of-the-FY-2021-Defense-
Budget.pdf
Department of the Army Department of the Navy (Navy & U.S. Marine Corps)
Department of the Air Force

8. Mid-Term Assignment
Write a 4 page or less advocacy paper describing whether the
current allocation of resources is adequate, and if not- how
you would reallocate money in a way that best serves
national security objectives. You should make an argument to
Congress analyzing why and how the DoD budget priorities
should change in light of your views on the and preparedness
of US and allied forces to deter and prevail in future conflicts.
Specifically, address your memo to Rep. Seth Moulton, D-
Mass., and Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind. who lead the bipartisan
House Armed Services Committee.

9. Technology, Innovation,
and Modern War
INTLPOL 340; MS&E 296
Steve Blank, Joe Felter, Raj Shah
Lecture 8: Artificial Intelligence