New AI laser system to guard US capital region from unauthorized aircraft
‘The first line of defense is actually that they will beam a laser at the cockpit of the aircraft.’
PATRICK TUCKER | AUGUST 10, 2023
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A decades-old government system to monitor unauthorized aircraft over the U.S. capital region is about to get an AI overhaul to speed up operations.
Teleidoscope, a company out of California that specializes in automated targeting software for augmented-reality games, has won an up-to-$100 million contract to replace portions of the National Capital Region-Integrated Air Defense System, or NCR-IADS, following an 18-month prototype phase led by the Defense Innovation Unit, or DIU.
Teleidoscope founder Matt Rabinovitch said the system applies AI to full-motion-video threads to spot aircraft that aren’t operating in a safe way, then identify the type of aircraft and tell operators which way it’s heading. It also has “all kinds of image-enhancement features” such as defogging and decluttering, Rabinovitch said in an interview.
So what happens when an aircraft’s pilot doesn’t respond to radio communication?
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/08/new-ai-laser-system-guard-us-capital-region-unauthorized-aircraft/389311/
