IARPA hopes new sensors, AI analysis can track tiny but ‘mission-ending’ space debris

IARPA hopes new sensors, AI analysis can track tiny but ‘mission-ending’ space debris
IARPA hopes new sensors, AI analysis can track tiny but ‘mission-ending’ space debris

IARPA hopes to transition the results of its debris detection and tracking research to the Space Force, NASA and other Defense Department and intelligence agencies.

With IARPA, Intel Community joins battle against (tiny) space debris

With IARPA, Intel Community joins battle against (tiny) space debris
With IARPA, Intel Community joins battle against (tiny) space debris

“We invest in high-risk, high-payoff research to support some of the most difficult challenges to the IC,” IARPA program manager Alexis Truitt told Breaking Defense. And debris is “one of the hardest challenges that is affecting satellites worldwide.”

Why A ‘Human In The Loop’ Can’t Control AI: Richard Danzig

Why A ‘Human In The Loop’ Can’t Control AI: Richard Danzig
Why A ‘Human In The Loop’ Can’t Control AI: Richard Danzig

“Error is as important as malevolence,” Richard Danzig told me in an interview. “I probably wouldn’t use the word ‘stupidity,’ (because) the people who make these mistakes are frequently quite smart, (but) it’s so complex and the technologies are so opaque that there’s a limit to our understanding.”

Artificial Stupidity: Learning To Trust Artificial Intelligence (Sometimes)

Artificial Stupidity: Learning To Trust Artificial Intelligence (Sometimes)
Artificial Stupidity: Learning To Trust Artificial Intelligence (Sometimes)

In science fiction and real life alike, there are plenty of horror stories where humans trust artificial intelligence too much. They range from letting the fictional SkyNet control our nuclear weapons to letting Patriots shoot down friendly planes or letting Tesla Autopilot crash into a truck. At the same time, though, there’s also a danger…

IARPA, Amon-Hen & Aladdin: Next Gen Intel

IARPA, Amon-Hen & Aladdin: Next Gen Intel
IARPA, Amon-Hen & Aladdin: Next Gen Intel

CORRECTED: NPOI Remains In Use For SSA GEOINT: Think about technology to identify suicide bombers and high value targets who’ve been blown to bits without using DNA. The Intelligence Community’s version of DARPA, IARPA, is doing just that with a program designed to use proteins from hair and keratin (which makes up much of the…

Army Mulls Hybrid Electric For Next Gen Drones

Army Mulls Hybrid Electric For Next Gen Drones
Army Mulls Hybrid Electric For Next Gen Drones

WEST PALM BEACH,  Fla.: Army experts are “extremely excited” by the idea of hybrid electric aircraft, one of the service’s top Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) experts revealed Tuesday. “My team has believed that was the case for some time,” Lars Ericsson, chief of the technical management division in the Army UAS office, said on a panel…

NGA, NRO, NSA Joining DoD In Silicon Valley

NGA, NRO, NSA Joining DoD In Silicon Valley
NGA, NRO, NSA Joining DoD In Silicon Valley

GEOINT: The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) will be joining the Defense Department in Silicon Valley this summer, director Robert Cardillo says. The new office will be called “NGA Outpost Valley,” a more euphonious name than the Pentagon’s unwieldy DiuX. “It’s a beachhead that will have the authority to reach out to all innovation centers,”…