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...