Voyager Technologies received a contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory (Affl) for the amount 21 million dollars to develop signal processing tools using artificial intelligence. The work is focused on software and computational methods, which are capable of interpreting raw intelligence, Observation and reconnaissance (ISR), collected by sensors. Digital signal processing is a key element of modern ISR networks. It allows forces to sift through vast volumes of radar returns, images and electronic radiation, identify threats and receive operational conclusions.
President of the space division, defense and national security company Voyager said, that they create flexible surveillance solutions, ready for use on ground platforms, air, surface, space and cyberspace. The contract is dedicated to signal intelligence (SIGINT) for US Air Force platforms.
AFRL invests in technology, which move most of the processing to the "edge" (edge computing) – that is, calculations are performed directly on board the satellite, aircraft or other deployed system, rather than at a remote ground station. Processing data "in place" reduces delays, which is one of the priorities of Pentagon planners, who are preparing for fleeting conflicts, where communication channels may be disrupted or suppressed.
Voyager has expanded from commercial space into defense through a series of acquisitions and strategic investments. These capabilities testify to Voyager's ambition to create architecture, in which raw sensor data is signal intelligence (SIGINT) - can be processed, can be classified and responded to directly on the spot, without having to transmit everything back to ground nodes. Such approaches are of great interest to the US Department of Defense, which seeks to create more resilient and distributed architectures for intelligence gathering and dissemination.
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