US firm OKSI is giving missiles and precision munitions a new “brain” that lets them autonomously detect, track, and engage static and moving threats, even in GPS-denied environments.
Known as Intelligent Seekers, the system combines electro-optical and infrared sensors with computer vision, target tracking, terminal logic, and guidance, navigation, and control algorithms.
Rather than relying on external guidance, the seeker uses onboard computer vision to maintain target tracking across speeds ranging from low subsonic to hypersonic.
It also supports lock-on-after-launch and rapid ripple-fire engagements, allowing multiple missiles to be launched in quick succession against different targets without continuous designation.
“Modern electronic warfare has made single-shot, signal-dependent guidance a liability,” said Chris HolmesParker, chief executive officer of OKSI.
“Our Intelligent Seekers… sense, detect, recognize, track and guide, all on board. That is what autonomous guidance should truly mean in a contested environment.”
The company will showcase the seeker at the AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, DC, from October 12 to 14.
Modular by Design
Built around a modular open systems approach, the seeker combines a common software stack with an electromechanical architecture.
Its hardware and software can be tailored to different mission requirements without requiring the core architecture to be reengineered for each platform.
This approach can speed up integration, simplify software updates and validation, and make it easier to adapt the seeker to different suppliers, platforms, and operational needs.
The Intelligent Seekers can be integrated into air-, ground-, and sea-launched weapons for counter-drone, maritime strike, indirect fire, land attack, and interception missions.
