Sentient (intelligence analysis system)

Sentient is a heavily classified artificial intelligence satellite intelligence analysis system of the United States Intelligence Community, operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and developed by their Advanced Systems and Technology Directorate (AS&T), with the United States Air Forces Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Department of Energy's National Laboratories.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Available information describes it as a complex automated system that allows intelligence agencies of the United States and the United States Armed Forces to use artificial satellites in Earth orbits to track in real time any objects detected or photographed, and to automatically repurpose with artificial intelligence and machine learning the tracking of targets, and to even decide which targets are worth tracking.^[2]^[3]^[1]^[4]

Known public records of Sentients development programs and process date from 2009-2010 onward.^[6]^[4]^[7] NRO emails from 2021 disclosed that the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), which later became the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), was involved with the NRO and the Sentient program.^[8]

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Scoles Verge July 31 2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference NRO Sentient Operations Highlight 6 May 2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference NRO Recent Sentient Highlights 6 May 2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference NRO Sentient Official Feb 13 2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference NRO FY 2010 Congressional Budget Justification Volume IV, page 217 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference NRO FY 2010 Congressional Budget Justification Volume IV, page 1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference SENTIENT 2019 NRO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference NRO Official declassified release June 2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Scoles_Verge_July_31_2019-1] Cite error: The named reference Scoles Verge July 31 2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[NRO_Sentient_Operations_Highlight_6_May_2021-2] Cite error: The named reference NRO Sentient Operations Highlight 6 May 2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[NRO_Recent_Sentient_Highlights_6_May_2021-3] Cite error: The named reference NRO Recent Sentient Highlights 6 May 2021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[NRO_Sentient_Official_Feb_13_2012-4] Cite error: The named reference NRO Sentient Official Feb 13 2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[NRO_FY_2010_Congressional_Budget_Justification_Volume_IV,_page_217-5] Cite error: The named reference NRO FY 2010 Congressional Budget Justification Volume IV, page 217 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[NRO_FY_2010_Congressional_Budget_Justification_Volume_IV,_page_1-6] Cite error: The named reference NRO FY 2010 Congressional Budget Justification Volume IV, page 1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[SENTIENT_2019_NRO-7] Cite error: The named reference SENTIENT 2019 NRO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[NRO_Official_declassified_release_June_2022-8] Cite error: The named reference NRO Official declassified release June 2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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