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Defense Decision Makers:
See Where 28 Technologies Stand on The 2026 Gartner® Hype Cycle™
From theoretical AI hype to practical multidomain deployment, The 2026 Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Defense maps 28 technologies defense CIOs need to track for mission readiness.
Skip to the reportFrom theoretical AI hype to practical multidomain deployment, The 2026 Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Defense maps 28 technologies defense CIOs need to track for mission readiness.
Our takeaways from this report
Transformational:
DECISION INTELLIGENCE
Understand why Gartner® rates decision intelligence as enabling new ways of doing business across defense missions.
High Benefit:
DECISION INTELLIGENCE PLATFORMS
See how DIPs turn decisions into managed, reusable, auditable processes for volatile mission environments.
High Benefit:
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
AND LOGISTICS
Learn how predictive maintenance shifts sustainment from reactive repair to data-driven readiness.
“Defense CIOs and technology leaders must maintain sharp awareness of the transformative innovations required to maximize military capabilities, streamline logistics, and secure integration across multidomain environments.”
THE 2026 GARTNER®, HYPE CYCLE™ FOR DEFENSE
VIRTUALITICS IRIS
Virtualitics Iris: the decision intelligence platform built for readiness.
That same shift, from theoretical promise to practical deployment, is what Virtualitics Iris was built for. It turns materiel, personnel, and supply chain data into readiness you can act on, at the speed the mission actually moves. Specialized AI agents fuse your systems of record and deliver clear, source-attributed answers operators can trust and act on immediately.
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Gartner, Hype Cycle for Defense, 2026, Michael McFerron, Jay Phipps, 28 July 2026.