Insights & Updates

The intelligence community faces a paradox. Commercial sensing capacity has grown by orders of magnitude, yet the ability to task and coordinate these sensors has barely evolved.

There are more than 1,200 active Earth observation satellites in orbit today, yet an estimated 60% of that capacity goes unused on any given day.

Kestrel has been selected for the Catalyst Accelerator's 16th cohort, partnering with the U.S. Space Force's Space Delta 7 for AI/ML Orchestration for ISR.

When clouds roll in and adversaries go dark, synthetic aperture radar sees what optical sensors cannot. But the choice between SAR and optical imagery is rarely binary.

Low Earth orbit is getting crowded. With over 10,000 commercial satellites projected by 2028, the opportunity for persistent, always-on surveillance is no longer theoretical.

The debate around autonomous systems in defense often defaults to a binary: human in the loop or out of it. Neither extreme serves the mission.

Critical infrastructure remains stubbornly dependent on periodic manual inspection. Autonomous sensor networks offer a path to continuous awareness at a fraction of the cost.