**6. Reduction of the OODA decision cycle**

The technologies listed above have a direct effect on the OODA decision cycle, which will be profoundly impacted by the new technologies.

This concept was defined in 1960 by an American military pilot by the name of John Boyd to formalise the decision cycle in air combat. It has since been used to schematise any decision cycle. The author will use it here in the light of the potential offered by the technologies detailed above (**Figure 1**).
