As the southern United States recovers from two monstrous back-to-back hurricanes, states in the Pacific Northwest continue to battle ash and smoke drifting from wildfires raging nearby. Almost 1.5 million acres are currently ablaze in the region — and the U.S. Forest Service, a small, arguably underfunded agency, is seeking more efficient ways to monitor and respond to such large-scale events. Could optical satellites be the solution?
US Forest Service Turns to Satellite to Monitor Wildfires
DIU Wants AI System to Understand and Predict Space Threats
The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is looking for domestic and foreign company proposals for an artificial intelligence (AI) system to understand and predict space threats. “Today’s space […]
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Government/MilitaryNOAA Names 14 Commercial Providers for Weather Data Contract
