CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2011. On the deck of an aircraft carrier, where up to 60 aircraft are crammed into 4.5 acres, keeping track of all the pieces — and keeping everyone safe — can seem like a game of high-stakes chess.
While the current “deck handling” system involving plane-shaped cutouts and color-coded thumbtacks has worked for decades to help human planners reshuffle flight decks, the system depends on people to keep track of all the…
