LAUREN C. WILLIAMS
Next year, two U.S. warships are slated to get a prototype AI-powered system designed to filter their sensor data for potential targets—and then predict their behavior, according to the system’s manufacturer.
“The sensors that the Navy operates are so sophisticated and sensitive [they] can pick up very small things, but they need to be able to tell, ‘Is that a small thing that we should care about or is that a small thing that is just irrelevant’?” said Ben FitzGerald, CEO for Rebellion Defense.
Last year, the Navy’s Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems X—the outfit responsible for upgrading combat platforms—awarded Rebellion Defense a contract to continue developing its Iris target-processing software. Awarded via other transaction authority, the contract covered two prototype phases and a production phase.
Now, the Navy is extending Rebellion’s contract for an undisclosed amount and another 14 months, aiming to put Iris on two ships and ensure that it “works in a way that the Navy is comfortable with on Navy platforms and systems,” FitzGerald said. “We'll be doing integration work through the IWS software pipeline, and then we'll be able to do testing on ships in 2026.”
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