ASO Software
Reduce Workload.
Increase Capabilities.
Accelerate Decisions.
About ASO
ASO (Automated Sensor Operator) is Overwatch Imaging’s software-defined sensor autonomy platform that transforms airborne sensors into intelligent, AI-enabled ISR systems. By automating sensor control, wide-area search, detection, and real-time edge processing, ASO delivers actionable intelligence at speed, while reducing operator workload and unlocking new, super-human capabilities.
ASO Overview
Mission-Ready Sensor Autonomy
Autonomy Upgrade for EO/IR Video Gimbals
ASO extends intelligent autonomy to traditional EO/IR video gimbals, transforming them from manually operated imaging systems into intelligent, AI-enabled ISR assets. The result is greater efficiency, faster target acquisition, and reduced cognitive load, without requiring a new sensor payload.
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AI-powered search, detection, classification
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Autonomous, systematic search and pixel-level analysis
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Real-time target cueing and handoff to the operator for decision-making
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Edge processing accelerates intelligence reporting, minimizes bandwidth demands
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Seamless integration with existing gimbal hardware and mission systems
Rapid Path to AI Powered Autonomy
ASO automates manual-intensive ISR tasks at the tactical edge, with software that executes workflows with greater speed, precision, and consistency than human operators alone. ASO autonomously controls sensor steering and data collection, processes and analyzes imagery in real time without the need for raw data transmission, and distills large volumes of data into actionable intelligence.
The result is systematic, high-fidelity coverage of wide areas, reduced human tasking, and faster time-to-intelligence, freeing operators to focus less on searching and more on decisive response.
ASO Workflow
Collect Data
ASO automates sensor control and scan settings to optimize data collection based on specific mission parameters and desired intelligence outcomes
Process Data
Data is processed in real-time at the edge to consolidate and optimize for analysis by downstream detection and mission models.
Analyze Data
ASO analyzes image data at a pixel level, applying AI to detect, filter and prioritize mission relevant intelligence.
Deliver Intel
ASO distills raw sensor data into actionable, geolocated intelligence outputs, immediately to operations and reduces for low-bandwidth transmission.
Rapid Path to Autonomy
AI Upgrade for Existing Hardware
Enable Superhuman Vision
ASO applies AI-driven, edge-resident analytics to autonomously scan wide areas, perform real-time pixel-level exploitation, and detect and prioritize objects of interest beyond human visual and cognitive limits.
Solve the Single Sensor Problem
ASO autonomously slews and retasks the sensor across multiple points of interest at high refresh rates, enabling precise, adaptable multi-point surveillance that would otherwise require multiple sensors and operators to achieve.
Unlock New Capabilities
Software-defined ISR unlocks capabilities beyond human-in-the-loop sensor operation and provides a direct path to continuous modernization through software updates rather than hardware replacement.