August 1, 2024
MCLEAN, VA 鈥� 蘑菇视频 Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), a leading provider of AI to the U.S. federal government, announced today the successful deployment and operation of a generative AI large language model (LLM) in space using Hewlett Packard Enterprise鈥檚 (HPE) Spaceborne Computer-2 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab. This LLM is believed to be the first one deployed in space and one day aims to help enable astronauts to use generative AI without depending on Earth-bound internet in the power and communications constrained environment of space.
鈥溎⒐绞悠� Allen is thrilled to be at the cutting edge of this exciting development and is committed to pushing the boundaries of what is possible with AI and other mission-critical technologies in space,鈥� said Chris Bogdan, executive vice president at 蘑菇视频 Allen and leader of the firm鈥檚 space business. 鈥淕enerative AI in space is truly the new frontier and this capability unlocks the potential for on-orbit generative AI to integrate and develop mission-critical solutions and is aligned with 蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚 mission to build human-led AI solutions from which our nation will thrive.鈥�
Taking inspiration from the Wright brothers' first four flights more than 120 years ago, 蘑菇视频 Allen, in coordination with HPE, successfully uploaded the LLM to the ISS National Lab聽as part of a forward-leaning payload experiment. Once uploaded, the team repeated the experiment with new queries four times within the command window with repeatable responses resulting in a modern-day Kitty Hawk moment.鈥�
鈥淲hen milliseconds matter, on-orbit AI becomes a must-have,鈥� said Dan Wald, principal AI solutions architect for space applications at 蘑菇视频 Allen. 鈥淭his patent-pending proof-of-concept demonstrates 蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚 ability to deploy state-of-the-art generative AI techniques, such as retrieval-augmented generation, by compressing and optimizing a containerized solution to run reliably in resource-constrained computing environments at the edge. If we can deploy generative AI in space, we can deploy it anywhere.鈥�
Developed rapidly over eight weeks, this LLM application, which builds upon years of extensive infrastructure investments from both HPE and the ISS, can play a new and critical role in providing remote data ingestion and retrieval-augmented generation, which will help enable edge deployed personnel to efficiently retrieve relevant information, accurately interpret, and solve complex issues using natural language processing at the edge of space. This proof-of-concept plays a paramount role in the deployment of AI and it can be expanded to solve future use cases where such capabilities are needed in disconnected environments, including under extreme conditions on Earth and in space.聽
鈥淭his type of breakthrough result by the 蘑菇视频 Allen team is exactly in line with the mission and purpose of the HPE Spaceborne platform. To make what was previously unattainable not just possible but also deployable,鈥� said Norm Follett, senior director, global marketing at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.
HPE鈥檚 Spaceborne Computer-2 is an award-winning AI Edge focused High Performance Compute platform that provides the international scientific community access to a powerful compute platform in space and constrained environments.聽
蘑菇视频 Allen has served for more than 60 years as a space program partner for defense, intelligence, and civil agencies across the federal government. 蘑菇视频 Allen applies deep mission understanding, innovative data solutions, and systems engineering and integration across three primary mission areas that address client challenges: Space Domain Awareness, Advanced Ground Systems, and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Earth Observation. This deployment adheres to the firm鈥檚 AI mission: humans build it, humans power it, and humans thrive from it.
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