OCTO
MISSION PLAN
An in Virginia can see the same mission plan and 3D data in their heads-up display than someone in Europe , Afghanistan or Iraq simultaneously .
“ WE COME TO WORK AND INNOVATE IN THE GREY . WE FOLLOW THE RULES , BUT WE ARE NOT BOUND BY THEM . WHERE WE CAN , WE PUSH THE BOUNDARIES TO DELIVER TECHNOLOGY TO THE WAR FIGHTER . THAT ' S WHAT DRIVES US ”
ROB ALBRITTON SENIOR DIRECTOR , OLABS AI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE , OCTO disillusioned by government bureaucracy – irritating blocks that were preventing eminently usable life-saving tech from getting to the frontline . Rob reflects : “ There was too much red tape to get through and too many hurdles to jump over . I was trying to get technology – which myself and other engineers had developed – into the hands of the women and men defending this nation and our allies , but we simply couldn ' t get it to the battlefield quickly enough .”
Consequently , Rob left the federal government to work at Nvidia – the world ’ s biggest artificial intelligence company – where he embarked on a crash course in artificial intelligence ( AI ). He quickly realised that this brand of silicon valley tech should be used in war zones .
148 December 2021