THE USE OF AI TECHNOLOGY TO EXPLOIT OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS

THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND TARGETING PROBLEMS OF A COMMANDER IN A TACTICAL OR MIXED TACTIACL/NUCLEAR THEATER. IN SUCH A THEATER, BOTH THE FRIENDLY AND ENEMY FORCES WILL POSSESS HIGHLY MOBIL WEAPONS SYSTEMS. IN ORDER TO USE HIS WEAPONS EFFECTIVELY, THE OPERATIONAL COMMANDER MUST BE ABLE TO TRACK, TARGET, AND STRIKE THE ENEMY'S MOVING FORCES. SOPHISICATED INTELLIGENCE GATHERING SYSTEMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE WHICH CAN TRACK MOVING TARGETS. SIMILARLY, SOPHISTICATED AUTOMATED PLANNING AIDS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE WHICH CAN HELP THE CAMMADER'S STAFF PLAN NUCLEAR STRIKES AND PREDICT PK. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO USE THE AVAILABLE NEAR REAL-TIME INTELLIGENCY DATA TO DO OPERATIONAL PLANNING. SCT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP AN AI-BASED "INTELLIGENT INTERFACE" WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING CANDIDATE TARGETS FROM AN OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO SUPPLY NECESSARY NUCLEAR WEAPONEERING DATA AND REFORMAT THE DATA FOR INPUT TO AN OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR PLANNING SYSTEM. THE INTELLIGENT INTERFACE WILL BASE ITS DECISIONS ON A RULE BASE, DATA ON THE COMMANDER'S TARGETING GUIDANCE, AND OPERATOR INPUTS. DURING PHASE I, THE CONCEPT WILL BE DEVELOPED TO ESTABLISH TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY. THIS EFFORT WILL LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPERATIONAL PROTOTYPE.