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Challenge

Orchestrating Autonomous CCA Swarms

This challenge requires developers to build a decentralized multi-agent system for drone wingmen. You will design a hierarchy of autonomous agents capable of performing mission planning, sensor fusion, and tactical execution in a simulated contested environment. The core focus is on task decomposition: how a lead 'human-in-the-loop' agent delegates high-risk roles (e.g., electronic warfare, decoy, or kinetic strike) to autonomous wingmen while maintaining strict adherence to Rules of Engagement (ROE). Participants will utilize the AutoGen framework to manage agent conversations and the Qwen 2.5-72B model for tactical reasoning. The simulation must handle 'dynamic re-tasking'—where an agent must pivot its objective if a peer is neutralized or a new high-priority threat (like the Russian Oreshnik missile system) is detected. Success is measured by the swarm's ability to minimize attrition while achieving primary mission objectives within a defined physics-based simulation window.

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Challenge brief

What you are building

The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.

Implement a multi-agent orchestration layer using AutoGen and Qwen 2.5 to coordinate autonomous drone wingmen in complex tactical scenarios.

Delivery guide

How work is evaluated

Evaluation

Evaluation is based on mission success rate, adherence to constraints, and the logical consistency of agent communication logs.

Datasets

Challenge datasets

Public datasets, plus the private datasets you have access to.

Learning goals

What you should walk away with

  • Develop a robust 'Rules of Engagement' (ROE) validation layer to prevent unauthorized autonomous actions.

  • Design a hierarchical agent architecture for command and control (C2) using AutoGen.

  • Evaluate swarm performance using multi-objective optimization metrics (attrition vs. target success).

  • Implement real-time task allocation logic based on dynamic threat environments.

  • Integrate physics-based constraints into LLM reasoning to ensure aerodynamic feasibility.

Resources and assets

Reference links and supporting material

Dataset notes

Sample data for 1 tasks

Challenge setup

Evaluation is based on mission success rate, adherence to constraints, and the logical consistency of agent communication logs.

Challenge input

JSON defining mission parameters (Target coordinates, Threat locations, ROE).

Agent execution

No agent tool is listed for this challenge.

Evaluated output

Log of agent communications and final state of assets.

Evaluation checks
  • Ensures no kinetic action was taken before electronic warfare thresholds were met.
Configured evaluation evidence
  • Mission Success Rate target: 85
Configured runtime
  • Python execution harness

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Configured tools

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Evaluation contract

  • Ensures no kinetic action was taken before electronic warfare thresholds were met.

Metrics

  • Mission Success Rate · Target 85
  • Decision Latency · Target 1.5

Workflow tasks

  1. Task 1

    Input: JSON defining mission parameters (Target coordinates, Threat locations, ROE).

    Output: Log of agent communications and final state of assets.

    Execution harness: Python

Recipe freeze marker

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