Using Spoken Language to Facilitate Military Transportation Planning", (in this proceedings

justified, at least in part, by its potential relevance to military applications. In an effort to demonstrate the relevance of SIS technology to real-world military applications, BBN has undertaken the task of providing a spoken language interface to DART, a system for military logistical transportation planning. We discuss the transportation planning process, describe the real-world DART system, identify parts of the system where spoken language can facilitate planning, and describe BBN's work towards porting the HARC SIS system to the DART domain. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING Logistical transportation planning is the process of determining how to get people and cargo from where they are to where they need to be. Inter-theatre movements of personnel and supplies around the world are currently planned for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and other services by USTRANSCOM (the U