The Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) has issued a request for information, hoping that someone will deliver a full-stack search and rescue drone swarm that can direct itself, detecting humans and other targets, and stream video and data back to HQ.
Drones must utilize onboard edge processing to detect humans and manmade objects and cue an analyst to look at an image that is relayed back to the analyst. This onboard edge processing should include an image that would contain the latitude and longitude, Military Grid Reference
System (MGRS) location, and altitude of the center of the image that should be covered by an aim point.
The drone must have sensors enabling it to cover at least 100 square nautical miles for a minimum two-hour flight time.
...drone manufacturers and AI/software companies [should join] forces to
develop a drone that is capable of edge processing to detect humans and manmade objects at sea or on land and sending this information to analysts. Humans and manmade objects will need to be labeled through multiple visual conditions including haze, clouds, salinity, various temperatures, worldwide climates (maritime to desert), fire, and other obstacles.
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