ETEGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: SCO182-007

Description

Etegent is proposing an agile hardware platform to enable object detection at extremely high pixel per watt rates and is also capable of quickly incorporating new algorithmic approaches. The core enabling technology of this system is a multicore system on a chip (SoC) server utilizing several low-power COTS processors configured with a high-speed interconnect switch. Etegent has developed a variety of object detection technologies using state-of-the-art methodologies on satellite imagery and is intimately familiar with the capabilities and challenges of these approaches. Etegent also has a history of developing efficient implementations of algorithms that leverage either common hardware architectures (CPU/GPU) or specialized hardware like DSPs. Etegent is partnering with the Space Computer group of Harris Corporation, which has a long track record of deploying airborne and spaceborne sensor systems. Etegent and Harris combine to form a highly capable multi-disciplinary team that understands the full pipeline required to develop the proposed system.