Nova Systems has put Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to the test by tasking it with identifying landmines using drones.
The image recognition technology equips Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAV) with the ability to detect and differentiate between real landmines and other objects such as rocks or debris, with the potential to significantly minimise risk for Defence personnel and civilians.
Developed in-house by Nova Systems engineers, the AI tool has been undergoing testing at Latrobe Valley within the company’s deployable UAV Testing Range as a part of ongoing capability development and system improvement.
"The integration of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems into the Australian Defence Force is not just a strategic choice, but an imperative,” said Nova Systems CEO Dean Rosenfield.
Through its Test and Evaluation (T&E) Centre of Excellence initiative – a collaboration with academia, industry and government - the company has been investing in both physical and synthetic methods for performing T&E on autonomous and uncrewed systems-of-systems.