As artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for space advance, onboard edge processing is also improving, providing near-real-time access to data insights that were previously unobtainable. It’s a shift from information access to actionable intelligence, as AI helps manage the increasingly crowded data landscape and enhance electronics operating in the space environment. Preprocessing at the edge provides less – but more valuable – data, optimizing transmission bandwidth and reducing data latency to rapidly deliver critical information directly to the point of need. Onboard AI is also being used to monitor space systems and manage in-orbit communication, troubleshoot onboard operations, and enable dynamic mission shifts.

CHATSWORTH, California. Aitech released its A230 Vortex AI general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPGPU) supercomputer, designed to deliver artificial intelligence capabilities at the edge for military applications across sea, land, air, and space environments, the company announced in a statement.

Processing demands in space environments continue to increase exponentially, with more in-orbit applications requiring that image and signal processing as well as networked communications functions be performed at the edge. This reality increases the importance of onboard data analysis, prioritization, and sharing in reliable space-rated systems.

CHATSWORTH, California. Aitech introduced a new space-rated 3U OpenVPX single-board computer (SBC) designed to support high-performance processing in missions ranging from low Earth orbit (LEO) to deep space, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned systems are now cheaper, more capable, and more accessible to state and non-state actors, which creates an asymmetric threat that traditional defense systems struggle to counter. Understanding the vehicle dynamics in these applications means evaluating the complex behaviors exhibited by autonomous or semi-autonomous entities, which require significant coordination alongside other equipment and infrastructure, moving everything toward a common objective.

New technologies, tactics, techniques, and procedures are becoming increasingly vital on the battlefield. The U.S. military is acutely aware of this and is integrating lessons learned from recent military operations in the Ukraine, as well as other conflicts, into the Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2), a warfighting concept that has the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) seeking to achieve decision superiority.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland. Aitech is showcasing its latest advancements in military embedded systems at the MOSA Industry & Government Summit, emphasizing technologies built around the SOSA (Sensor Open Systems Architecture) open standards infrastructure, including its U-C8501 cybersecurity-enabled board, the company announced in a statement.