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AFRL Seeks Significant Reduction in Air Tasking Order Planning Time

AFRL Seeks Significant Reduction in Air Tasking Order Planning Time
U.S. Air Forces Central airmen work in the Combined Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. AFCENT’s 609th Air Operations Center (AOC) became the first AOC to use the Kessel Run All Domain Operations Suite (KRADOS) to plan and execute the Master Air Attack Plan last May (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., wants to revolutionize air operations planning through the use of artificial intelligence and interactive gaming, a joining that AFRL believes could lead to a drastic reduction in Air Tasking Order (ATO) planning time at Air Operations Centers (AOC). AFRL is seeking industry ideas on ways to reduce such planning time under the Fight Tonight program. The latter "will develop tools that enable human users to work in collaboration with artificial intelligence…

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