For background on Real/SAFR, see Former Feenics Exec DiPeso Becomes President, SAFR Real Networks, RealNetworks SAFR Facial Recognition Profile and RealNetworks To Go Private.
Real Networks was awarded a ~$730,000 contract by the Air Force for the adaptation of its facial recognition software "for deployment on an autonomous sUAS for special ops, ISR, and other expeditionary use-cases", as the DoD contract first discovered by New Scientist shows:
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