From OODA to D-U-A
This paper re-examines John Boyd’s OODA loop in the context of AI-enabled, distributed command environments. It argues that while Boyd’s cognitive logic endures, its sequential structure no longer supports machine-speed warfare. The Decision-Driven ISR-T (IDDI) model operationalises OODA’s principles through a concurrent, intent-driven topology-Decide–Understand–Act (D-U-A). By replacing information-request cycles with Problem-Centric Command and embedding cognition at the edge, D-U-A restores Boyd’s unity of perception and action at algorithmic tempo.
