The technology gathers and anaylizes images that are then checked over by a human intelligence analyst.
Surveillance cameras, drone sensors and space-spaced satellite reconnaissance technologies are all designed make instant object determinations, perform data analyses and quickly identify items of interest. This is a process which can be both extremely complex and challenging for force commanders looking to navigate unknown terrain or fast-changing combat dynamics on the ground below.
An extensive, elaborate database of factors, facts, variables and identifiable geographical features are all part of a broader interpretive calculus necessary to provide images, video feeds or renderings to human decision makers. A technology-focused industry firm which does work with Department of Defnese called CACI is developing a new software application called FeatureTrace to improve or expedite this process.