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Voyager Space and Palantir Technologies have partnered to bring artificial intelligence tools to space innovation. Using Palantir’s existing AI technology, Voyager will be integrating those capabilities into their defense solutions. Voyager will also utilize the Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) for its in-house payload management system for International Space Station customers and, in the future, onboard the Starlab space station. Read more about the partnership in the press release linked below. Voyager Space is a holding in The Private Shares Fund as of 6/30/24. To view the full portfolio and learn more about The Private Shares Fund, please visit https://lnkd.in/gTeAzvq8 #AIinSpace #artificialintelligence #spaceeconomy

At Maxar Technologies, we collect more than 3.8 million square kilometers of imagery. Every single day.    Our library of data has over 125 petabytes of #data (it's the largest commercial image library in the world).    So naturally I loved this piece from Defense One about how #satellite companies (like, yes, Maxar) are essential in helping the government sift through reams of #space data quick enough to help operators make decisions quickly on the ground. https://lnkd.in/ecR7_Akk

#GWF2024 | Space imagery has become an indispensable asset today for all facets of defense and national security, from reconnaissance, mapping, monitoring, to situational awareness.   Every fraction of a milli-second counts when it comes to something as critical as defense, and the key is always to balance the right resolution with speed. Aditya Chaturvedi moderated the interactive panel discussion that delved across the imagery spectrum, including the challenges of access, scalability, and timing.   The panelists threw light on:   💡 Need for cross-collaboration and innovation   💡 Smart Intelligence to glean insights that go beyond mere analytics   💡 Evolution of Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence and its impact   💡 Geospatial Intelligence as a potent strategic tool to navigate constraints in a fast-changing VUCA realm ( Vulnerability, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity)   💡 Need for accuracy, precision and revisits   💡 Data and sensor fusion from varied streams 💡 Tackling disinformation and the blurring of boundaries between state and non-state operatives in the global marketplace.   As Gastao D., SVP, GM Geospatial Intelligence, blackshark.ai mentioned, we generate more data in a day today then the past 50 years combined, but there can't be a one-size-fits-all approach to data.   Vincent Kessler 葛厚仪, General Manager, Synspective Inc. laid emphasis on the need for collaboration and the cross-sectoral benefits of SAR.   Martin Pentier, Geospatial Sales Manager - Integrated Space Solutions, Airbus Defence and Space shared the importance of resolution, scale, exceeding customer expectations, accurate models, and change detection.   Krishanu Acharya, Co-founder & CEO, Suhora stressed on the importance of demystifying GeoInt domain to increase awareness and ensure we get high quality, real-time intel. #GeospatialWorldForum2024 #GeoInt #realtimedata #data #spacesolutions #SAR #innovation #artificialintelligence

Following the Army’s prototype award for its next-generation ground system to collect and disseminate sensor data, the service is setting its sights on fleshing out production plans for the platform. The Army awarded Palantir a $178.4 million other transaction agreement in March for the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN). The system is a critical modernization component for the service’s multi-domain operations concept because it will integrate various types of data from numerous platforms — such as space, high-altitude aerial and terrestrial — to help commanders make sense of a fast-moving and complex battlefield. The effort is unique in that it’s one of the first major programs steeped in artificial intelligence, with a software vendor acting as the prime. In fact, Project Linchpin, the Army’s first program-of-record AI operations pipeline, will first be focusing on the TITAN system. https://hubs.li/Q02MbHkn0

Following the Army’s prototype award for its next-generation ground system to collect and disseminate sensor data, the service is setting its sights on fleshing out production plans for the platform. The Army awarded Palantir a $178.4 million other transaction agreement in March for the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN). The system is a critical modernization component for the service’s multi-domain operations concept because it will integrate various types of data from numerous platforms — such as space, high-altitude aerial and terrestrial — to help commanders make sense of a fast-moving and complex battlefield. The effort is unique in that it’s one of the first major programs steeped in artificial intelligence, with a software vendor acting as the prime. In fact, Project Linchpin, the Army’s first program-of-record AI operations pipeline, will first be focusing on the TITAN system. https://hubs.li/Q02M1B350

BlackSky - $2 Million defense contract to help train AI models 🛰️ ✨ BlackSky = Supplier of satellite imagery and space-based intelligence ✨ Axient, on behalf of the Air Force Research Laboratory, awarded the contract ✨ Contract = Axient will use BlackSky’s satellite imagery and data analytics platform ✨ Overall Goal = Data will help identify objects from space more accurately and recognize patterns of life 🎙️ Statement from BlackSky on March 4th: “[we will] collect and annotate thousands of BlackSky multi-frame burst images to train moving target artificial intelligence models for commercial motion imagery” Read more below ⬇️

Maintaining a high-level of accuracy in a Detection-to-Response rate will be the challenge indeed. 💨 Hypersonic computing 😉 …and the legal challenges in kinetic/non-kinetic response? I did read a recent article identifying the need for a United States Space Force JAG…and this effort in particular should initiate some dialogue in favor of a #USSF JAG, to ensure ‘hypersonic’ legal response 😏 to defend/counter such threats. United States Strategic Command United States Department of Defense U.S. Cyber Command U.S. Air Force JAG Corps #hypersonic #hypersonics #spacedefense #space #spaceindustry #articialintelligence #spaceforce #spaceinnovation #spacenews #spacetechnology #spaceplanning #strategicleadership

For years I have been championing the virtues of software-only companies like EpiSci and others. However, I've watched repeatedly as most DOD software companies quickly shift to focus more and more on hardware as soon as they begin to gain success. And who can blame them? Since antiquity that is what militaries have rewarded. From the English Longbow in 1415 to the F-22, in order to get a new capability we had to physically build something new. Not anymore. At EpiSci we're betting on the concept that while others fixate on hardware we're doubling down on our unique form of software. It is already paying off. I have been convinced for decades that the math and algorithms are independent of the application, allowing them to be quickly applied to new environments. We are all familiar with this in our domestic lives, so why shouldn't it be possible in DOD too? I am convinced this idea will help us regain the adaptability and temporal advantage not possible with sluggish hardware projects. Tempo and adaptation are increasingly important to counter an aggressive, creative, and capable strategic adversary. The insight we believe in at EpiSci is that trusted AI techniques for one application can be readily applied to what often appear to be completely unrelated environments. We are also finding that our hybrid, modular philosophy designed to create trusted AI solutions for collaborative air combat is extremely extensible to a variety of other domains. From apertures and subsystems, to vehicle maneuvers and even Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2), this approach is already showing fitness at many levels. This small Space Development Agency effort offers a brief, unclassified peek into our rapidly growing list of Space applications of #TacticalAI. For anyone watching EpiSci from a distance you can expect a lot more great news to come. Finally, if you are interested projects like this, or if you know of anyone who might be, please visit our job listings (https://lnkd.in/ehcdf2pT). We are growing rapidly and need motivated young software and AI engineers to help us deliver trusted autonomy for a secure future! https://lnkd.in/ewcSQa-j

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A #software-first mindset helps us understand how #AI advances impact next generation #satellite constellation and data processing capabilities. 💻 Our Head of Sales, Europe Matt Wood spoke at ILA Berlin - Pioneering Aerospace earlier today about how BlackSky’s software-first approach is pivoting #geospatialintelligence into #spacebasedintelligence for strategic #ISR applications. Missed his talk? Here’s what you need to know: https://lnkd.in/e7ViVUxS #ILA24 #ArtificialIntelligence