Teal 2
Pink Cat Proclaims Athena AI as Pc Imaginative and prescient Associate for Teal 2
by DRONELIFE Workers Author Ian M. Crosby
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Army know-how firm Pink Cat Holdings has introduced Athena AI as a pc imaginative and prescient companion for its Teal 2 military-grade drone. Army decision-support firm Athena has licensed its proprietary laptop imaginative and prescient structure to Pink Cat, which allows high-speed monitoring of objects and in-depth information exploitation at slower speeds. Athena’s answer is able to figuring out weapons, objects and poses at night time, in addition to Identification Good friend or Foe (IFF) markers like Cyalume HALOs and IR beacons.
Athena AI’s laptop imaginative and prescient structure, which might be built-in with the Teal 2 navy drone, can establish folks and weapons at night time.
“The Teal 2 is a mission-focused navy drone, and our partnership with Athena allows us to combine the very newest laptop imaginative and prescient know-how,” stated Pink Cat CEO Jeff Thompson. “In navy operations, each second counts, and Athena’s potential to trace objects at night time means our drone can ship essential intel to warfighters and commanders, offering fast decision-making assist.”
With the combination of Athena AI, the Teal 2 is ready to assist night-time Hazard Shut Fireplace Missions. It is ready to find and acknowledge the Ahead Line of Personal Troops (FLOT) compared with the enemy, enabling precision and protected fires on the goal. Athena moreover helps fast in-field target-set updates, with as brief as a 72 hour turnaround for brand spanking new target-detection algorithms, enabling fast response to rising threats.
Athena’s answer can detect identification Good friend or Foe (IFF) markers, equivalent to Cyalume HALOs.
“Most navy operations happen at night time, and Athena is proud to assist the Teal 2 ‘Dominate the Night time™, by providing our laptop imaginative and prescient structure,” stated Athena CEO Stephen Bornstein. “We’re additionally excited to showcase our tech to the worldwide buyer base that Pink Cat has constructed on its repute for distinctive merchandise.”
The Teal 2’s beforehand introduced know-how companions embrace Teledyne FLIR, Tomahawk Robotics, Reveal Expertise and Immervision. The Teal 2 is the primary sUAS to be geared up with FLIR’s Hadron 640R sensor.
Pink Cat has already stuffed an order from U.S. Customs and Border Safety for 54 items of the Teal 2. Final month, a Pink Cat delegation led by Jeff Thompson visited NATO international locations to debate assist for Ukrainian forces.
In the meantime, Athena introduced its first export gross sales to the U.S. Division of Protection in January. At the moment, the corporate is holding a know-how demonstration on the Avalon 2023 Australian Worldwide Airshow from February twenty eighth to March fifth.
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Ian attended Dominican College of California, the place he acquired a BA in English in 2019. With a lifelong ardour for writing and storytelling and a eager curiosity in know-how, he’s now contributing to DroneLife as a workers author.
Miriam McNabb is the Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE and CEO of JobForDrones, knowledgeable drone companies market, and a fascinated observer of the rising drone trade and the regulatory setting for drones. Miriam has penned over 3,000 articles targeted on the industrial drone area and is a world speaker and acknowledged determine within the trade. Miriam has a level from the College of Chicago and over 20 years of expertise in excessive tech gross sales and advertising and marketing for brand spanking new applied sciences.
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