In today’s battlespace, rapid and informed decision-making is more critical than ever to mission success. But at the tactical edge, where warfighters encounter isolated, unpredictable environments with limited and unreliable communication networks, traditional cloud computing simply can’t process and relay information fast enough, if at all. What warfighters in these environments need is technology that can operate independently from traditional data centers to deliver robust data quickly where and when it’s needed.
“We need edge computing solutions that are fast, efficient and capable of handling complex analytics right at the point of sensor collection,” said Katherine Martin, a chief engineer at Booz Allen who specializes in tailoring machine learning capabilities to establish decision advantage at the tactical edge, speaking at the recent Defense One Genius Machines conference. Tactical edge computing is a way to process data locally in real time. It is completely disconnected from the cloud and does not rely on centralized servers. This type of technology is critical in medical military operations, for example, where warfighters need to take rapid, decisive action.
“In these environments, there's no time to wait for data to be sent to a data center, be processed and then get sent back. Tactical edge computing puts the decision-making power directly in the hands of the warfighter, wherever they are, even in the most isolated locations,” Martin said.
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