Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2023)
Recipient: GROUP W INC
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Contract Management Agency
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Period of performance: 2018-09-01 to 2024-04-16
Current total value of award: $3468383.61
Description: CASCADE.  THIS APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT WILL APPLY DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING (DEEP RL) TO THE COMMAND AND CONTROL OF THE GROUND WAR IN THE SYNTHETIC THEATER OPERATIONS RESEARCH MODEL (STORM) TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL OF ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT COURSE OF ACTION (COA) DEVELOPMENT. A CAPSTONE DEMONSTRATION WILL PIT A HUMAN TEAM AGAINST A HUMAN- MACHINE (OR MACHINE-ONLY) TEAM TO UNDERSTAND THE FEASIBILITY AND UTILITY OF CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT COMBAT MODELS.