AI company developing software to detect hypersonic missiles from space

Published on February 18, 2024



EpiSci won a $1.6 million SBIR contract from the Space Development Agency

WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency selected California-based EpiSci to develop a tool capable of detecting hypersonic missiles in flight from satellite data, a challenging task given the extreme speeds of these weapons.

Hypersonic missiles travel at speeds of at least Mach 5, which is five times the speed of sound, posing a significant challenge for current defense systems. The Space Development Agency (SDA), an organization within the U.S. Space Force, is building a network of satellites in low Earth orbit with the goal to provide global indications, warning, tracking, and targeting of advanced missile threats.

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