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11 May 2026

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Completes ‘In-Orbit’ AI Ship Detection Trial

Results of Image Capture and Ship Detection by AIRIS (Credit: MHI)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed an in-orbit demonstration of its AI-based object detection system AIRIS, which identified ships from satellite imagery using a next-generation space-grade microprocessor unit.The AIRIS system, short for Artificial Intelligence Retraining In Space, combines an AI-equipped data processor with an earth observation camera developed by the Tokyo University of Science.MHI said the system operates onboard a satellite using the SOISOC4 space-grade MPU…

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