SKYSHOT: low-shot object detection through spatiotemporal context

Satellite and airborne platforms provide timely, detailed, and readily available still and full-motion imagery to support U.S. national security. A constant requirement for this type of data is automated object detection and recognition, helping analysts to quickly locate and correctly identify targets of interest from vast quantities of image data. This requirement is made more challenging when asked to locate a new tactical vehicle in poor viewing conditions with only a single past observation of the target. VSI thus proposes SKYSHOT, an overhead image analysis capability designed to improve low-shot target detection and characterization through the innovative use of spatiotemporal context. The VSI team is well suited to program challenges, offering expertise in remote sensing, object detection, 3D reconstruction, and machine learning; extensive experience in the development of innovative software solutions for challenging defense and intelligence problems; and a thorough understanding of the needs of image analysts across the defense and intelligence community.