Capitol’s Air Defenses Get AI-Powered Upgrade [Video]

Upgrades are underway at the U.S. Capitol for a new security system which, with the help of AI, will monitor for potential airborne threats.

The National Capitol Region around Washington, D.C., has been protected since 9/11 with a network of cameras and lasers to guard the area’s skies. On Monday, the Department of Defense announced that this network is being fitted with a new, artificial intelligence-based visual recognition and identification system which will be a “vast improvement” over its predecessor.

“If we need to validate some radar data that we can’t for sure say what it is, we can utilize the camera system as an asset to look in that set location to assist in the validation process,” said Air Force Master Sgt. Kendrick Wilburn.

The new cameras offer two types of view: a natural, naked eye-type of view and an infrared perspective of the landscape. They are replacing a …