Article 36 IHL review requires human judgment documentation — receipt or war crime inference
—DoD Directive 3000.09 autonomous weapons review
Regulatory exposure — commonly overlooked:
Prime contractor integrates vendor AI — prime owns LOAC violation, vendor owns ITAR technical data rights. · Multinationals built for one jurisdiction fail exams in another — one receipt architecture, many filing packs.
TAM / Exposure
DoD AI budget $1.8B+ · LAWS accountability
Insurance lines
Defense contractor E&O · Political risk
Exhibit authority
Global External Validation — Lethal Autonomous Systems Human Control Pack
Global leaders
DoD · Anduril · Palantir · NATO · UN CCW · ISO · NIST · OECD
Meaningful human control
DoD 3000.09 requires human 'in the loop' — receipt proves loop existed at decision time.
ITAR exposure
AI targeting assistance to foreign nationals — receipt chain for export control audit.
Contractor insurance
Defense E&O excludes autonomous decision without documented oversight.