PLA Space-Based Automatic Target Recognition

How China is leveraging artificial intelligence to automate satellite surveillance and sharpen its military targeting.

We previously explored the SIGINT/ELINT and imagery (IMINT) satellites China uses to geolocate U.S. forces. Now, we turn to the critical next step: how the PLA is makes sense of all that visual data using Automatic Target Recognition, or ATR. Note that we’re primarily covering space-based ATR and that the technology is used across terrestrial domains. I…