EL SEGUNDO, Calif.,
Nov. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) is designing Pit
Boss, an autonomous mission management system for DARPA's
Blackjack satellite constellation, with prime Scientific Systems
Company, Incorporated.
The Blackjack constellation will operate in low Earth orbit. It
will network sensors together with a goal to provide persistent
global coverage for many applications, including missile warning.
Pit Boss aims to use an advanced
architecture, processors and encryption to autonomously collect and
process data from the entire Blackjack constellation. It is also
envisioned to be able to incorporate future advanced algorithms,
including artificial intelligence and machine learning.
"Pit Boss connects the brains of
each Blackjack satellite, making it one exceptionally smart,
networked system," said Mike Rokaw,
director for Raytheon Space Systems. "Rather than sending data down
to a ground station for processing, which takes time we don't have,
Pit Boss will send data from space
straight to the right operator at the right time."
While each individual Blackjack sensor can perform onboard
processing, Pit Boss is the data
collection and processing data hub. By fusing the sensor data
together, decision-making speeds up, transitioning from what is
known as operator-in-the-loop to operator-on-the-loop
methodology.
"Self-knowing satellites are the next step in autonomous
space-based mission planning," said Rokaw. "And, this isn't limited
to missile warning and defense. Future constellation management
systems will migrate to this type of methodology."
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