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AI at the edge: Making mission-critical intelligence practical

May 07, 2026

Artificial intelligence is transforming how defense organizations, critical infrastructure operators, and industrial teams collect data, interpret threats, and make decisions. As AI capabilities advance, organizations are moving beyond centralized cloud environments and bringing intelligence closer to where operations occur. The result is a growing shift toward AI at the edge, deploying advanced computing alongside sensors, platforms, and operational systems.

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Why autonomous systems must be assured like weapons systems

May 07, 2026

A.I. - All Articles

AI at the edge: Making mission-critical intelligence practical

Why autonomous systems must be assured like weapons systems

SOF Week to highlight AI, autonomy, electronic warfare, and acquisition pathways

F-35 interoperability with ground systems demonstrated by Lockheed Martin and U.K. Defence Ministry

Realizing cognitive EW in a single VPX slot

Multifunction radio frequency system demonstrator to be developed under European project led by Indra

Autonomous surveillance towers certified for U.S. border monitoring by GDIT

Continuous monitoring system for coalition tactical networks launched by Curtiss-Wright

War on Iran gives U.S. Navy real-time view of combat system performance, accelerating software updates, admiral says

U.S. Navy pushing predictive maintenance, data analytics to improve fleet readiness

U.S. Navy embedding AI into Maritime Operations Centers, admiral says

Sea-Air-Space 2026 to focus on maritime readiness, autonomy, and industrial base challenges

VCNO Kilby, other top U.S. Navy leadership to headline Sea-Air-Space keynote panel

EXHIBITOR PROFILE: High-performance, ruggedized servers with high TRL for Naval applications

Event-based infrared camera demonstrated for high-speed target tracking by Raytheon

Lynx offers LYNX MOSA.ic.AI deployment platform for mission-critical environments

Space surveillance ground systems to be modernized for U.S. Space Force by L3Harris

FPGA processing card to increase data processing speeds released by Abaco Systems

Solid-state data recorders to be supplied for missile-tracking satellites by Mercury

Mission data center to be established in Belgium by QinetiQ

7STARLAKE Launches 1U Rugged Xeon 6 Short-Depth Servers for Radar Processing and Precision Timing

Agentic AI capabilities to be integrated into defense platforms by BAE Systems, Scale AI

Autonomy suite integrated on UH-60MX Black Hawk helicopter for U.S. Army by Sikorsky

Artificial intelligence tools to be explored for GlobalEye aircraft by Saab and Cohere

Mission autonomy software flown on autonomous testbed by Northrop Grumman, Shield AI

Electronic warfare autonomy software demonstrated by L3Harris, Shield AI

GUEST BLOG: Modernizing mission compute -- Enabling AI through modular GPU expansion

Soldier Borne Mission Command system to be developed for U.S. Army by Elbit America

GUEST BLOG: The DoD must emulate Ukraine’s iterative edge

GUEST BLOG: New year predictions for the ability of defense organizations to sustain mission readiness

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Unmanned

High-energy laser system tested for counter-UAS operations by AeroVironment

Radar/EW

Radar from Raytheon garners large order from defense logistics group

Cyber

Continuous monitoring system for coalition tactical networks launched by Curtiss-Wright