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New AI-Powered Tool Will Track Objects in Orbit as They Maneuver

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AFWERX, the Air Force’s technology incubator, is funding the development of an AI-powered tool for identifying and tracking objects in low-Earth orbit, even as they maneuver and try to cloak themselves. The tool, dubbed Rapid Analysis of Photometric Tracks for space Object identification and behavior Recognition or RAPTOR, is being developed by Slingshot Aerospace, an El Segundo, Calif.-based company specializing in using new technologies for s…
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New AI-Powered Tool Will Track Objects in Orbit as They Maneuver

AFWERX, the Air Force’s technology incubator, is funding the development of an AI-powered tool for identifying and tracking objects in low-Earth orbit, even as they maneuver and try to cloak themselves. The tool, dubbed Rapid Analysis of Photometric Tracks for space Object identification and behavior Recognition or RAPTOR, is being developed by Slingshot Aerospace, an El Segundo, Calif.-based company specializing in using new technologies for s…

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DoD Taps Slingshot to Track Adversaries on Orbit

Slingshot Aerospace won a SBIR Phase 2 contract from AFWERX worth at least $1.2M to help the DoD better track and identify nefarious activities on orbit, through Slingshot’s RAPTOR program. As space becomes increasingly militarized, and Chinese and Russian sats ramp up their dynamic capabilities, the DoD plans to improve its ability to maintain a watchful eye on potential adversaries. “Now we’re in a place where we know that first [conflict] sig…

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