SRC Brings Edge-Compute Capabilities to Space for Next-Generation Image Processing and Exploitation Through SpaceWERX Contract

Syracuse, NY – SRC, Inc. ("SRC" or "Company"), a not-for-profit defense research and development company, announced today it is part of a team awarded a $1.8 million Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract from SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the U.S. Space Force. The Phase II program, led by prime contractor Circle Optics, will advance next-generation image processing and exploitation techniques that leverage optical data in power-constrained space environments and enhance space domain awareness.

This project collaboration builds upon SRC's development and demonstration of high-altitude and space-based capabilities that enable ultra-low power computing at-the-edge to greatly reduce the time from sensing to action. SRC achieves these advancements through heterogeneous compute technologies and methods, including CPU, GPU and bio-inspired neuromorphic computing hardware architectures, seamlessly pairing traditional algorithms with advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques and methods.

"This award highlights SRC's ability to bring cutting-edge, power-efficient processing directly to the sensor, whether in the air, on the ground or space," said Kevin Hair, president and CEO of SRC, Inc. "As space becomes an increasingly important domain for our military, our proven expertise in high-performance embedded computing and neuromorphic processing will help ensure faster, more decisive mission outcomes in maintaining space domain dominance for our customers."

SRC is extending intelligence mission data into the space domain, using advanced algorithms for information reasoning at the edge, to ensure the warfighter is informed and equipped for modern conflicts. Building on years of experience in airborne information processing architectures, machine learning and low-power edge-compute, SRC delivers model-based intelligence into space-based systems. Paired with Agile Condor® high-performance embedded computing, these capabilities demonstrate how SRC continues to expand its edge-compute portfolio into the space domain.

About SRC

SRC, Inc. (@SRCDefense), a not-for-profit research and development company, combines information, science, technology and ingenuity to solve “impossible” problems in the areas of defense, environment and intelligence. Across a family of companies, SRC applies bright minds, fresh thinking and relentless determination to deliver innovative products and services that are redefining possible^® for the challenges faced by America and its allies.

Since 1957, SRC’s commitment to the customer and the best solution — not the bottom line — has remained a core value that guides its efforts. This passion for quality carries through to the technologies the company invents and manufactures, the laboratories and facilities it builds, the people they hire, and communities where they work. Today, more than 1,400 engineers, scientists and professionals work together at SRC to protect people, the environment and our way of life.

 

About Circle Optics

Circle Optics, based in Rochester, NY, is an optics technology company pioneering a stitch-free method of wide field of view, real-time panoramic imaging with the elimination of parallax. Backed by 23 patents and pending, Circle Optics' breakthrough approach provides unmatched visual fidelity without the distortion or latency that traditionally accompany stitched systems. Validated through partnerships with NASA, AFWERX, and the U.S. Air Force, Circle Optics' platforms are transforming how people see, decide, and act across mission-critical environments. By delivering high-integrity wide field of view imaging, the company enables enhanced situational intelligence for defense and aerospace, immersive simulation and training, and next-generation robotics and autonomous systems. For more information, visit: www.circleoptics.com.