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Technical perspectives on autonomous maritime defense, post-quantum security, and AI-driven systems from the team at SETEC Astronomy.

Maritime SecurityMay 2026 · 5 min readFeatured

Ship-Agnostic Autonomous Defense: Why Vessel Independence Changes Everything

The case for maritime security systems that deploy on any hull in under 30 minutes

Every existing maritime drone defense system requires vessel integration — hull modifications, ship system connections, GPS dependency. SETEC Sphere was designed from day one to require none of those things.

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TechnologyMay 2026 · 6 min read

Non-Explosive Kinetic Intercept: The Case for No-Explosive Maritime Defense

Explosive-based drone intercept systems create a fundamental problem for commercial maritime operators: the cure can be as dangerous as the threat. SETEC Spear Water was designed around a different doctrine entirely.

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AI & AutonomyMay 2026 · 7 min read

Sorcerer: Designing Human-Machine Teaming for Lethal Autonomous Systems

DoD Directive 3000.09 requires meaningful human control over autonomous weapons systems. Most implementations treat this as a compliance checkbox. Sorcerer was designed to make human control physically undefeatable.

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Maritime SecurityMay 2026 · 7 min read

From SIGINT to Sensor Fusion: How Military Intelligence Shapes Autonomous Defense Design

Before SETEC Astronomy, before the patent application, before the first line of Sorcerer AI code — there was a young Marine in a SIGINT van learning something that would define every system he would ever build: the difference between signal and noise is a life-or-death decision.

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TechnologyMay 2026 · 8 min read

GPU/CUDA in 2011 to Edge AI in 2024: A 25-Year Arc Through the Computing Revolution

In 2011, telling an enterprise client that their next compute investment should be GPU-accelerated was a hard sell. The use cases were narrow, the tooling was immature, and most IT organizations had never heard of CUDA. Thirteen years later, that early bet defines the entire AI infrastructure landscape.

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TechnologyMay 2026 · 6 min read

From MIT iQuHACKATHON to Post-Quantum Defense: A Practitioner's Quantum Journey

The MIT iQuHACKATHON draws PhD candidates, quantum researchers, and computer scientists from the world's leading institutions. Finishing in the top 50 among 1,500+ competitors taught me something more valuable than any certification: the quantum threat is not a future problem. It is a present architecture problem.

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DefenseMay 2026 · 7 min read

Drone Swarm Warfare: The Threat No One Is Ready For

A single interceptor against a single drone is a solved problem. A single interceptor against a coordinated swarm of 12 drones attacking from four vectors simultaneously is not. Most deployed defense systems were designed for the former. The threat has moved to the latter.

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TechnologyMay 2026 · 6 min read

FALCL Tether Architecture: Continuous Power, Continuous Presence

Every battery-powered drone defense platform has the same fundamental limitation: it lands to recharge. During that window — 20 to 40 minutes depending on the platform — the coverage envelope it was providing disappears. SETEC's FALCL tether architecture was designed to eliminate that window entirely.

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DefenseMay 2026 · 8 min read

Autonomous Weapons & ROE: The Policy Gap the Defense Industry Must Close

DoD Directive 3000.09 on autonomous weapons systems has been in effect since 2012. In the 14 years since, the autonomous systems industry has produced a great deal of compliance documentation and very few systems that are genuinely compliant at the architectural level. The difference matters.

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