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Space Command Deputy Outlines AI Needs

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

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Space Command Deputy Outlines AI Needs

Lt. Gen. John Shaw, deputy commander, U.S. Space Command. Photo: U.S. Space Command

Artificial intelligence will have at least several uses for the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command in the future, particularly around domain awareness, autonomy, and command and control, USSPACECOM Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. John Shaw said on Tuesday. The volume of space in the “Earth-Moon system” is a “daunting” task to monitor and is beyond even a “big data problem,” Shaw said during a discussion at the Space Innovation Summit hosted by the think tank America’s Future Series. “We…

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