DOD wants $50M transfer to develop commercial-based, synthetic aperture radar satellite

By Tony Bertuca / September 29, 2017 at 12:05 PM
The Defense Department is asking Congress to approve a $50 million transfer to a program that would develop a commercially based, micro-synthetic aperture radar satellite prototype aimed at using "deep learning analytics" to improve the speed and exploitation of raw satellite imagery, according to a document obtained by Inside Defense . "The intent is to leverage the commercialization and peacetime use of this prototype technology and analytics via data service agreements in support of automated pattern-of-life analysis," according to a...

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