ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Decision systems for environments where communication delay makes remote human control impractical. Research emphasis on verifiable behaviour, not autonomy for its own sake.
Division · TECHNOLOGIES
LSO TECHNOLOGIES
SYSTEMS BEHIND THE FUTURE.
Advanced digital and physical technology systems: autonomy, computing infrastructure, sensing, navigation and the software that holds every other division together.
RESEARCH
01Focus areas
01Artificial intelligence
02Autonomous systems
03Communications
04Navigation
05Simulation
06Computing infrastructure
07Sensors
08Control systems
09Software engineering
10Data systems
02Disciplines
AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
Vehicle, robotic and facility autonomy stacks with deterministic fallbacks and explicit operator hand-back procedures.
COMMUNICATION
Optical and radio link research for cislunar and deep-space distances, including delay-tolerant networking concepts.
NAVIGATION
Position, navigation and timing beyond terrestrial constellations: celestial, radiometric and inertial hybrid architectures.
SIMULATION
High-fidelity physical and mission simulation used to validate every LSO concept long before hardware exists.
SOFTWARE
Flight-grade software engineering practice: static analysis, formal methods research and full lifecycle traceability.
CONTROL SYSTEMS
Guidance, navigation and control research for vehicles and large flexible structures.
DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
Engineering data platforms linking every program, vehicle, technology and test record into one traceable graph.
SENSORS
Imaging, ranging, thermal and radiation sensing for vehicles, habitats and construction systems.
RESEARCH
Long-horizon computing and information research supporting all six divisions.
05Related technologies
TRL 4
VERIFIABLE AUTONOMY STACK
Allow vehicles to act correctly when operators cannot respond in time.
TRL 3MISSION PLANNING INTELLIGENCE
Generate and evaluate mission plans under uncertainty and constrained resources.
TRL 5AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION
Determine position without terrestrial navigation constellations.
TRL 5TERRAIN AND HAZARD SENSING
Detect landing and driving hazards in low-contrast environments.