Tech firms partner up to push intelligence processing closer to the battlefield

Tech firms partner up to push intelligence processing closer to the battlefield Defense and tech firms form "Coalition Edge" to push intelligence processing closer to the battlefield.

Tech firms partner up to push intelligence processing closer to the battlefield Defense and tech firms form "Coalition Edge" to push intelligence processing closer to the battlefield DENVER — A group of defense and technology firms is assembling a joint effort aimed at solving a persistent problem for military users: how to access and use commercial satellite imagery and other geospatial intelligence when communications networks are unreliable or unavailable.

The initiative, called Coalition Edge, brings together companies focused on analytics, cloud infrastructure and connectivity to process and deliver intelligence directly in the field.