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AFRL ‘Airlift Challenge’ Seeks New Algorithms for Transportation Planning

AFRL ‘Airlift Challenge’ Seeks New Algorithms for Transportation Planning
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston deploys flares as part of a training event over the Atlantic Ocean in a military operating area (MOA) outside Charleston, South Carolina on June 5, 2021 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) information directorate in Rome, N.Y., is seeking the online submission of new, artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms to speed the planning and execution of airlift operations. The directorate is the nerve center for Air Force research and development on command and control, commmunications, computers, and intelligence. The AFRL Airlift Challenge began on Jan. 23 and will run through Feb. 27. Andre Beckus, an AFRL machine learning researcher, said in an AFRL statement last month that…

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