Huntsville-based Aurex has announced new advancements in its GHOST-AI and CASTER-AI platforms, designed to improve hypersonic weapons guidance and battlefield decision-making for the defense industry.
GHOST-AI: Hypersonic Vehicle Guidance
Aurex's GHOST-AI (Generalized Hypersonic Optimizer for Survivable Trajectories-AI) employs reinforcement learning to train AI agents for guiding simulated hypersonic vehicles. This technology allows vehicles to navigate diverse mission scenarios without requiring mission-specific pretraining, aiming to optimize guidance, navigation, control, and survivable flight trajectories in complex environments.
CASTER-AI: Battlefield Decision-Making
The CASTER-AI (Cognitive Assessment System for Tactical Engagement Response-AI) platform leverages artificial intelligence to support higher-level battlefield decisions. Its applications include tactical engagement response, strike package planning, dynamic resource-to-target pairing, pre-mission planning, and fire-control decision support. CASTER-AI integrates GHOST-AI technology to connect simulated hypersonic vehicles, cruise missiles, and other munitions with broader mission-level battle management.
Aurex's Strategic Vision in Defense AI
Aurex is committed to transforming AI insights into actionable, testable algorithms for future defense applications like guidance and battle management. CEO Warren Kohm emphasizes proactive innovation, while VP John Robertson highlights the need for defense technologies to offer greater speed, intelligence, and adaptability in complex battle environments. The combined technologies enable comprehensive mission simulations where CASTER-AI evaluates decisions and GHOST-AI guides hypersonic vehicles, supporting planning, defensive assessments, and future real-time decision support for defense and national security customers.
