Abstract: With the deep advancement of the “AI + Education” action plan, digital intelligence technology has become a core driving force for the digital transformation of national defense education in universities. It provides critical support for addressing practical challenges in traditional national defense education, such as severe homogenization, lack of experiential engagement, and limited coverage. In particular, its irreplaceable empowerment value and practical advantages are evident in four key dimensions: resource integration, model innovation, precise provision, and evaluation upgrading. At present, during the process of digital intelligence empowerment in university national defense education, there remain difficulties such as deviations in empowerment concepts, technological application gaps, lack of institutional guarantees, and misalignment in content supply, which hinder the improvement of educational outcomes and the progress of digital transformation. To address this, it is necessary to leverage digital intelligence technologies as a key lever, by reshaping the concept of digital intelligence empowerment, building an integrated digital resource system, improving long-term support mechanisms, and optimizing the whole-process educational evaluation system. These measures will continuously enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of national defense education, help universities cultivate talents of the new era with a sense of national commitment and defense literacy, and promote the in-depth and solid digital transformation of national defense education in higher education institutions.