The steadily growing visual record is creating vast amounts of training data that\u2019s enabling military observers and defense contractors to innovate weapons capabilities<\/a> based on modern tactical lessons<\/a> at rapid rates, including AI models that allow drones to autonomously recognize and strike targets.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the first Ukraine full-motion video in our EView library,\u201d Peter Kant, the company\u2019s CEO and founder, told DefenseScoop on Monday. \u201cWhat sets it apart is that it\u2019s real \u2014 not simulated, not a controlled environment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n That data library<\/a> includes labeled datasets across multiple sensor types \u2014 electro-optical, synthetic aperture radar, infrared, and foreign-language audio.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kant said that more than \u201chalf a million hours of Ukraine conflict drone footage\u201d would make up the new collection. The imagery is pre-labeled, validated, and considered ready-to-use for AI model training.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s footage from one of the most complex and dynamic conflicts in modern history, labeled across aerial object detection, vehicle classification and ground activity. That kind of operational authenticity is extremely hard to replicate, and it is exactly what AI systems need to perform when deployed,\u201d Kant noted.<\/p>\n Launched in 2020, Enabled Intelligence specializes in data acquisition and conditioning, precision labeling and annotation, and the engineering and deployment of high-performance custom models for the U.S. military and government, as well as authorized end users in the healthcare, financial services, and energy industries.<\/p>\n The new dataset has a variety of use cases, but the CEO expects it to be particularly valuable to those looking to cut time training AI models for aerial applications by reducing the need for labeling and validation. According to Kant, different types of drones \u201ccan quickly be AI-enabled\u201d with the data offering.<\/p>\n \u201cUkraine has produced more real-world drone footage than any conflict in history,\u201d he said. \u201cThat data is only valuable if someone has done the hard work of making it usable.\u201d<\/p>\n On the commercial side, Kant pointed to item delivery and remote sensing as likely near-term, drone-related applications.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIn defense, this data is used for intelligence gathering, offensive and defensive operations, and even logistics \u2014 getting supplies into contested areas where it\u2019s too dangerous to send people,\u201d he told DefenseScoop.\u00a0<\/p>\n The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency tapped Enabled Intelligence in 2025 for a single-award contract worth up to $708 million over a seven-year ordering period. The Sequoia<\/a> data-labeling-as-a-service contract broadly encompasses work to train computer vision algorithms used in intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, or ISR operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n That data-labeling effort is notably foundational<\/a> to NGA\u2019s Maven program<\/a> components.<\/p>\n Kant did not share details about agencies and defense customers the company is currently working with, or the sources of the Ukraine full-motion video drone assets in the company\u2019s data library.\u00a0<\/p>\n But he said the new collection \u201cis ready and available now\u201d for approved users working in the U.S., Ukraine, and nations in the NATO alliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhat makes the Ukraine footage especially valuable is that it\u2019s real. You get every weather condition, every terrain type, every unpredictable scenario that a simulation can\u2019t replicate,\u201d Kant told DefenseScoop.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\tWritten by Brandi Vincent![\"Brandi](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781659347_280_Image-from-iOS-2-e1662581202907.jpg\")
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\n\t\t\tBrandi Vincent is a Senior Reporter at DefenseScoop, where she reports on disruptive technologies and associated policies impacting Pentagon and military personnel. Prior to joining SNG, she produced a documentary and worked as a journalist at Nextgov, Snapchat and NBC Network. Brandi grew up in Louisiana and received a master\u2019s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland. She was named Best New Journalist at the 2024 Defence Media Awards.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virginia-based, data-labeling and AI startup Enabled Intelligence is expanding its repository of curated datasets that government and commercial…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,25,111,203,2845,41817,23526,15185,15186,699,213],"class_list":["post-76355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ai","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence-ai","tag-data","tag-drones","tag-enabled-intelligence","tag-maven","tag-national-geospatial-intelligence-agency","tag-nga","tag-russia-ukraine-war","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}