This should make clearing undersea mines faster and less dangerous for U.S. Navy sailors.
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The software will use multiple sensor suites, such as side-scan sonar and visual imaging systems, to monitor various other AI detection models operating in the field. This should allow operators to identify failures and push corrections as it operates, rather than sending information back to a lab and waiting for AI developers to train a new model to handle novel threats.
"Mine-hunting used to be a job for ships. It's becoming a job for AI. The Navy is paying for the platform that lets it train, govern, and field that AI at a speed required for contested waters that block global trade and imperil sailors,” Domino CEO Thomas Robinson told the news outlet. "If there were UUVs (unmanned underwater vehicles) in the Baltic Sea trained on Russian mines, and then they needed to be deployed to the Strait of Hormuz to detect Iranian mines, with Domino's technology, the Navy could be ready in a week rather than a year."
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The U.S. and Iran have had an on-again, off-again ceasefire in place for several weeks now. This makes mine-clearing operations in the Strait of Hormuz high-risk, especially since strikes could occur at any moment and without warning. Deploying AI technology on undersea drones will reduce this risk, especially by making mine detection and removal much faster.
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/us-navy-signs-deal-with-ai-firm-for-training-underwater-drones-to-detect-mines-in-strait-of-hormuz-usd100-million-would-allow-drone-minesweepers-to-update-their-detection-algorithms-in-days-instead-of-months#main
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