State-of-the-art technology is bringing a new edge to the search and rescue work of HM Coastguard. Old copper-based cables are being replaced with fibre-based technology across 165 remote radio sites across the United Kingdom. Each radio site receives distress calls from UK waters and the replacement technology will bring improvements such as ...
Raytheon is developing a machine learning system capable of communicating what has been learned through a video game process. The machine learning system is being developed as part of a $6million contract for the Competency Aware Machine Learning programme (CAML) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Systems will be ...
Project DaVinci saw US trainee pilots use virtual reality to enhance helicopter training for search and rescue missions. The 23rd Flying Training squadron is aiming to improve helicopter training for pilots working on missions such as search and rescue and special operations. The project is part of the Rotary-wing Next project ...
The US DOD has announced a new programme seeking disaster relief AI to assess the damage and assist emergy responders. The US Department of Defence (DOD) has launched the Defence Innovation Unit’s (DIU) xView2 Challenge, seeking disaster relief AI innovations that can assess damage automatically from the sky. They are seeking ...