DLA turns to AI, ML to improve military supply forecasting
DLA turns to AI, ML to improve military supply forecasting
Publish Date: 2026-01-21 18:14:00
Source Domain: federalnewsnetwork.com
- The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) seeks to enhance demand planning and forecasting accuracy from a current 60% to an ambitious 85% using AI and machine learning.
- The agency aims to fix its long-standing issue of predicting military needs efficiently by incorporating diverse data inputs into their AI-driven models.
- Initial results show promise, with a 12% improvement in forecasting accuracy for the Army’s Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
- The DLA has advanced work with the Army and Air Force, but is still working on final data-interoperability with the Navy and is still developing the model accuracy with Marines.
- The agency is also refining its method of measuring true administrative and production lead times through AI analysis.
