PiLogic has entered into a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to apply its Exact AI technology to diagnosing and predicting electrical and power failures on spacecraft platforms.
The collaboration focuses on adapting PiLogic’s diagnostic models to analyze spacecraft electrical subsystems. PiLogic will integrate its Exact AI inference engine to detect anomalies, predict failure modes, and recommend corrective actions. AFRL will provide access to its satellite testing platform, so the models can be validated and refined under operationally relevant conditions.
“This collaboration accelerates our ability to make satellite systems smarter, safer, and more predictable,” said Johannes Waldstein, CEO of PiLogic. “Space missions demand both reliability and transparency. Our technology gives engineers a clear, explainable understanding of system behavior, essential not just for defense, but for the rapidly expanding commercial satellite economy.”
“We at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Small Satellite Portfolio, are excited to evaluate the next generation of autonomy for satellite health monitoring with true causal understanding,” said Joseph Melville, PhD, Satellite Autonomy Lead at AFRL. “Through agreements like this, we hope to build first-of-their-kind, highly autonomous satellite systems that are natively transparent and trustworthy to human operators.”
Engineers can see not only what might fail but also why, with measurable confidence levels. The goal is to reduce costly redesign cycles, improve satellite reliability, and strengthen space mission assurance.
PiLogic builds Exact AI — exact probabilistic reasoning for mission-critical aerospace and defense. Its models, Manifest (satellite diagnostics) and Resolve (radar tracking), compute correct, explainable answers in milliseconds, onboard, on existing hardware, with no training data and no hallucination. PiLogic works with the Air Force Research Laboratory under a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement and is backed by Scout Ventures, Seraphim Space, Sovereign's Capital, Flex Capital, and FN Fund. For more information, visit pilogic.ai.