The British Army just proved AI can compress 72 hours of war planning into one, and the race to replicate it has begun

General Sir Roly Walker revealed at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2026 that Project ASGARD has compressed corps-level war planning from 72 hours to one hour. The system, built on Anduril's Lattice mesh network and Helsing's Altra edge-AI, is already deployed, and Walker's public accounting of its impact reshapes the procurement race across NATO.