Aircraft Landing Location Predictor (KESTREL)

Overview

Development stage

DeployedSource: c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.

High-impact designation

Presumed high-impact, determined notSource: b) Presumed high-impact, but determined not high impact

Impact justification

The AI predicts aircraft landing locations. The AI outputs do not produce an action or serve as a principal basis for a decision that has the potential to significantly impact the safety of human-life or well-being, climate or environment, critical infrastructure, or strategic assets or resources. The AI outputs do not serve as a principal basis for a decision or action concerning a specific individual or entity that has a legal, material, binding, or similarly significant effect on that individual’s or entity’s civil rights, civil liberties or privacy, equal opportunities, or access to or the ability to apply for critical government resources or services.

Start date

2022-10-01 (day precision)Source: 2022-10-01T00:00:00

Withheld from public reporting

Not reported

Mission

Topic area

Transportation

Operational functions

No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

Monitoring activities in the air and maritime domains to identify unusual patterns or behaviors.

Expected benefits

The system analyzes potential landing locations for aircraft to support response planning and preparation.

System outputs

The output provides a visual representation of the top three potential locations, using color-coded indicators to show the likelihood of each outcome.

Technology

AI classification

Classical / predictive MLSource: Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relatio…

System name(s)

KESTREL

Custom-developed code

Yes

Public source code

Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built

Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor

Vendor (as reported)

Maxar

Vendors (standardized)

None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII

Yes

Privacy Impact Assessment

Not reported

Authorization to Operate

Yes

Demographic features

Not reported

Training and evaluation data

Data is provided from a surveillance system in the form of real-time messages on detected tracks within the system.

Federal Data Catalog

Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported