Why Deca

• Autonomy

  We build autonomous systems using a layered approach that combines VIO, SLAM, IMU dead reckoning, and reinforcement learning. Our solutions integrate robotics with advanced guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) to operate reliably in complex, GPS-denied environments.

• Natural Language Processing

  We design natural language processing architectures that allow autonomous agents to exchange information using structured representations such as semantic graphs, dialogue acts, or domain-specific ontologies going beyond simple XML/JSON transport. These agents perform bidirectional translation: converting symbolic machine representations into natural language outputs for human–machine interfaces, and mapping human input into formal meaning representations for downstream reasoning.

   

  Our systems support multi-agent coordination by enabling context-aware, task-specific communication protocols. Instead of generic automation, they focus on pragmatic phenomena such as reference resolution, grounding in domain knowledge, and discourse management capabilities that improve robustness in environments where precision and ambiguity resolution are critical. By leveraging advances in transformer-based models, dialogue state tracking, and reinforcement learning for conversation policy, we enhance both machine comprehension and the naturalness of agent-to-human dialogue.

• Simulation & Digital Twins

  We build high-fidelity digital twins to solve the data scarcity problem in contested domains. Our models combine platforms, sensors, and environments with physics-based rendering, stochastic noise, and target behavior profiles. Using Unreal Engine, we generate geospatially accurate, photorealistic environments that output semantically labeled data streams, trajectories, occlusions, and multi-sensor fusion products, that can be used to train and validate mission AI at scale.

   

  For battle damage assessment, we extend these twins with physics-informed models of weapons effects and structural vulnerability. This produces predictive ground truth for damage classification and survivability analysis. The result is a test environment where decision-support systems can be stress-tested under realistic, mission-critical conditions without relying on scarce or operationally constrained live data.

• Deep Learning

  We focus on making deep learning usable at the tactical edge, where size, power, and time budgets are real constraints. The core of our work is building pipelines that can fuse data from radar, EO/IR, acoustic, and other sensors, not just at the signal level, but in feature space where correlations are more informative. That fused view is then handed to reinforcement learning policies we’ve trained with a heavy dose of simulation-to-reality transfer, because the operational world never matches the lab.

   

  On the compute side, we’re not just dropping generic GPUs into a box. We work with embedded modules designed to tolerate thermal variability and intermittent power, then trim the models through quantization and pruning so they can run with low latency without bleeding accuracy.
  

   

  The objective is straightforward: deliver systems that adapt under pressure, hold up when inputs are noisy or adversarial, and don’t fall apart when the comms link goes down. That’s the difference between deep learning as a buzzword and deep learning as a tool a warfighter can actually rely on.

• Computer Vision

  We build computer vision algorithms that are fundamental to Aided Target Detection and Recognition. Our work extends beyond vision alone, we develop multimodal fusion methods that integrate radar, infrared, EW signatures, and other data sources to create more robust perception systems. This is critical in contested environments where adversaries employ camouflage, deception, and jamming.

   

  Our AI models support a wide range of missions, from enabling positive identification at the tactical edge to processing massive volumes of satellite and airborne ISR at the operational level. We focus on algorithms that make swarming and teaming possible, turning collections of unmanned systems into resilient, distributed sensor networks. At every scale, our goal is the same: transform raw sensor data into actionable knowledge that accelerates decision-making and strengthens human–machine teaming.

• Machine Learning

  We develop machine learning models that turn heterogeneous, often chaotic operational data into usable foresight. Our models automate data management and generate decision aids that reduce cognitive burden, accelerate planning, and preserve tempo in the face of uncertainty. The focus is not narrow tactical engagements but the logistics and sustainment factors that ultimately determine outcomes.

   

  Our work extends into the electromagnetic domain through dynamic spectrum management. By linking predictive analytics with spectrum adaptation, we provide tools that help maintain communication and decision-making in congested or contested environments.

• Signal Processing

  We build tools that let operators see and make sense of the spectrum in real time. They can generate reference signals, capture emissions, and break them down by modulation, power, and time-frequency behavior. That level of detail exposes how an adversary is using the spectrum and where their vulnerabilities lie. It also feeds directly into order of battle development, countermeasure design, and targeting. By tying spectrum awareness to secure links and interference mitigation, we give forces not just protection against disruption, but the ability to understand and act on the electromagnetic environment as it evolves.

• Model Architecture & Optimization

  We take vision models that usually demand large compute platforms and rework them to operate inside the limits of embedded and tactical systems. The approach combines pruning, reduced-precision arithmetic, and architecture search to strip out unnecessary complexity while preserving accuracy where it matters.

   

  We don’t just port models onto FPGAs, ASICs, or GPUs, we restructure them so the math matches the strengths of the hardware. That means reorganizing convolutions for FPGA logic, applying mixed precision where tolerances allow, and fusing operators to cut down on memory traffic.

   

  The result is vision pipelines, object detection, SLAM, visual odometry that run reliably on platforms with tight power and size constraints. Instead of pushing hardware to its breaking point, the models are designed to fit the system from the start, making them deployable outside the lab in real-world edge environments.