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认知推理任务软件工具
智能空间网状网络路由算法
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认知空间 获得美国空军 120 万美元的卫星任务软件合同延期
Cognitive Space gets $1.2 million U.S. Air Force contract extension for satellite-tasking software
该合同是一项名为 TACFI 的小型企业创新研究协议
The contract is a Small Business Innovation Research agreement known as TACFI
华盛顿——位于得克萨斯州休斯敦的初创公司 Cognitive Space 于 11 月 8 日宣布，它赢得了一份价值 120 万美元的延期合同，以继续为空军研究实验室开发该公司的卫星任务软件。
WASHINGTON — Cognitive Space, a startup based in Houston, Texas, announced Nov. 8 it won a $1.2 million contract extension to continue development of the company’s satellite tasking software for the Air Force Research Laboratory.
该合同是一项小型企业创新研究协议，称为 TACFI，即战术资金增加。空军使用该公司的认知推理任务 (CNTIENT) 软件工具对政府和商业遥感卫星的混合架构进行原型设计。
The contract is a Small Business Innovation Research agreement known as a TACFI, or Tactical Funding Increase. The Air Force uses the company’s Cognitive Inference Tasking (CNTIENT) software tool to prototype a hybrid architecture of government and commercial remote-sensing satellites.
Cognitive Space 在 2020 年赢得了价值 150 万美元的 SBIR 第二阶段人工智能驱动软件合同。120 万美元的 TACFI 交易包括政府和私人资金，并将工作再延长两年。
Cognitive Space in 2020 won a $1.5 million SBIR Phase 2 contract for the artificial intelligence-driven software. The $1.2 million TACFI deal includes both government and private funding, and extends the work for two more years.
新合同资助了 CNTIENT 定制版本的开发，用于云平台上的动态卫星调度。
The new contract funds the development of a tailored version of CNTIENT for dynamic satellite scheduling on a cloud platform.
Cognitive Space 表示，商业和政府太空运营商都使用 CNTIENT 平台来“优化和定制遥感任务规划、自动化有效载荷调度和优先任务分配。”
Cognitive Space said the CNTIENT platform is used both by commercial and government space operators to “optimize and tailor remote sensing mission planning, automate payload scheduling and prioritize tasking.”
How can commercial and government space operators use the CNTIENT platform to collaborate？
该公司表示，基于机器学习的软件将帮助空军实现卫星指挥和控制的自动化，并在虚拟和作战环境中进行实验。
The machine learning-based software will help the Air Force to automate the command and control of its satellites, said the company, and conduct experiments in both virtual and operational settings.
Cognitive Space 还宣布了来自太空发展局的一项新的 SBIR 第一阶段合同，以开发智能空间网状网络路由算法并研究低地球轨道通信的硬件解决方案。
Cognitive Space also announced a new SBIR Phase 1 contract from the Space Development Agency to develop intelligent space mesh network routing algorithms and study hardware solutions for low Earth orbit communications.
Which organization developed the intelligent spatial mesh network routing algorithms?
SDA 计划部署与战术数据链路集成的低延迟数据传输，以跟踪先进的导弹威胁以及陆地和海上目标。对于此合同，Cognitive Space 与西南研究所合作。
SDA plans to field a low-latency data transport integrated with tactical data links, to track advanced missile threats, as well as land and maritime targets. For this contract Cognitive Space is partnering with the Southwest Research Institute.
How does low-latency data transfer integrate with tactical data links？