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| August 2024 | LtGen Melvin G. Carter becomes Director of Marine Corps Intelligence, serving from August 2024 to present. |
| April 2024 |
Sentient
At the 39th Space Symposium, NRO's principal deputy director Troy Meink discussed plans to diversify satellite fleet, increase satellite assets in unique orbits, and expand AI-based data ingestion using Sentient-type systems and ground systems.
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| 2023 | Thomas Nilsson assumes leadership of the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service from 2023 onwards. |
| October 31 2023 | Announced the acquisition of Eurostep, a secure data sharing company headquartered in Sweden. |
| September 2023 |
AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite
The first SEWIP Block 3 was fielded on USS Pinckney, marking a significant upgrade to the electronic warfare system for Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
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| June 2023 | LtGen Matthew Glavy becomes Director of Marine Corps Intelligence, serving until July 2024. |
| October 31 2022 | Sale of financial services business to SymphonyAI completed. |
| July 12 2022 | Announced the sale of its financial services business to SymphonyAI. |
| June 2022 |
Sentient
NRO declassified and released two redacted reports on Sentient activities related to a UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) sighting of a 'tic tac' shape, revealing the program's involvement with the Department of Defense's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force.
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| June 2022 |
Sentient
The National Reconnaissance Office declassified and released two redacted reports on Sentient's activities related to tracking and researching unidentified aerial phenomena, including a sighting of a 'tic tac' shaped object.
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| February 2022 | Formed a new Digital Intelligence business, integrating digital, data and cyber capabilities from across the company. |
| 2021 |
Sentient
NRO emails disclose the involvement of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) with the Sentient program, which later transitioned to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO).
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| 2021 |
Sentient
United States Army Captain Anjanay Kumar proposed that Sentient would be a potential target in a hypothetical conflict between the United States and China over Taiwan.
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| 2019 |
Sentient
NRO documents from 2012 describing the Sentient program are declassified.
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| 2019 | Lena Hallin takes over as director of the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service, leading the organization from 2019 to 2023. |
| 2017 |
Sentient
Robert Cardillo, former Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, described Sentient as a joint research and development effort with NRO to experiment with automated data processing and intelligence inference.
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| May 2017 | Julian Cracknell took over from Kevin Taylor as managing director. |
| 2016 |
Sentient
Betty J. Sapp discussed the application of cubesat systems for NRO work, which were tested as part of the Sentient program.
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| 2016 |
Sentient
The Rand Corporation summarized a major benefit of the Sentient system, highlighting its potential to allow intelligence analysts to focus on strategic analysis while automation handles data collection details.
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| 2015 |
Sentient
Sentient and National Overhead Systems Future Ground Architecture program had an annual budget of $238,000,000, with Air Force colonel Thomas Nix serving as the technical lead and Operations Branch Chief.
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| June 2015 |
AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite
Full-rate production of SEWIP Block 2 was scheduled for mid-2015.
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| 2014 |
Sentient
First public disclosure of Sentient as a full program occurs in the United States Naval Research Laboratory's NRL Review.
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| 2014 |
AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite
SEWIP Block 2 upgrades were first installed on naval vessels, improving detection capabilities.
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| 2014 |
International Liaison Department of the Communist International
Soviet expert Boris Volodarsky referred to the OMS as a 'little known intelligence service' and the 'intelligence branch of the Comintern', tracing its origins to the previous Sluzhba Svyazi or 'Communication Service'.
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| December 2014 |
AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare suite
SEWIP Block 2 was tested on a U.S. naval vessel.
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| October 2014 | Kevin Taylor appointed as managing director, succeeding Martin Sutherland. |
| February 1 2014 | Renamed to BAE Systems Applied Intelligence to reflect global growth ambitions. |
| 2013 |
Sentient
Sentient program entered initial development phase at the National Reconnaissance Office.
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| 2013 |
Sentient
Sentient program enters initial development phase, with NRO documents indicating ongoing R&D efforts.
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| 2013 |
Sentient
At the GEOINT Symposium, Betty J. Sapp discussed Sentient's potential to make the National Reconnaissance Office more responsive and predictive in aiming spaceborne assets.
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| July 2013 | Brigadier General Michael Groen becomes Director of Marine Corps Intelligence, serving until June 2016. |
| 2012 |
Sentient
Official NRO documents describe Sentient as an ongoing Research and Development (R&D) program managed by the National Reconnaissance Office.
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| 2012 | Gunnar Karlson becomes the director of the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service, serving from 2012 to 2019. |
| 2011 |
International Liaison Department of the Communist International
Historian Thomas L. Sakmyster characterized the OMS as the Comintern's department for coordinating subversive activities, with representatives on central committees of foreign Communist parties.
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| 2010 |
Sentient
The NRO publicly requests information (RFI) for white papers on Sentient, focusing on user interaction technology, computing self-awareness, cognitive processing, and automated system processing.
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| 2010 |
Sentient
Continued development and documentation of the Sentient program by the National Reconnaissance Office and its Advanced Systems and Technology Directorate.
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