BAE Systems harnesses strategic chaos to speed up defence planning
Project SCEPTER is designed to develop machine-generated strategies to be evaluated within trusted simulation environments with thorough human review. (Image: BAE Systems)
BAE Systems FAST Labs has been contracted by DARPA to develop an autonomy-based system to assist with defence operational planning.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded BAE Systems an $8.3 million contract to develop an autonomy system to speed operational planning under the Strategic Chaos Engine for Planning, Tactics, Experimentation, and Resiliency (SCEPTER) programme.
SCEPTER is designed to develop machine-generated strategies to be evaluated within trusted simulation environments with thorough human review.
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'Successful planning is about developing trusted, resilient operational plans for complex decision spaces,' said Marco Pravia, chief scientist at BAE Systems’ FAST Labs. 'The SCEPTER system will push the state-of-the-art in the production of machine-generated strategies.'
SCEPTER is planned as a two-phase, three-year effort.
Under its Phase 1 contract, BAE Systems’ FAST Labs will provide the machine-learning backed system and carry out tests to demonstrate the approach.
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