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mercially available USV platforms using a common interface.
Helix combines an array of uncrewed platforms, payloads and
software, allowing for autonomous, multi-domain and
multi-modal operations. Its ecosystem is further complemented
by digital twin solutions, providing operators with a three-dimensional,
dynamic view of the battlespace in a virtual environment.
" We developed an initial proof of concept for Scion's capabilities
for the Navy in 2023, " said Matt O'Driscoll, Chief
Engineer for Scion, Northrop Grumman. " Building on last
year's successful demonstration, we added five uncrewed systems
in the air and two on the surface for this year's Silent
The US Army's New AI Supercomputer
Officials said it will be the first system in the new Army AI
U.S. Army
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
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he Army announced the deployment of a new supercomputer
for its scientists and engineers to conduct a wide range
of focused research and development, test and evaluation, and
acquisition engineering activities.
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command,
known as DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory's
Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center (ARL
DSRC) will name the supercomputer Fran, in honor of one of
the original six ENIAC programmers.
The ENIAC, which stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator
and Computer, was the world's first general purpose scientific
computer, which began operation on Aberdeen Proving
Ground in 1947.
The HPE Cray EX System is named for Frances " Fran " Bilas. It
is a single, large, unclassified, high-performance computer,
emphasizing standard compute nodes.
Innovations Institute, commonly known as A2I2, facility and is
scheduled for delivery in December 2024.
According to Jamie Stack, ARL DSRC Customer Service Director,
Fran also has the first NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPUs at
DEVCOM ARL, specifically designed for generative artificial
intelligence, large language models and HPC workloads.
" Fran will provide ARL researchers access to one of the largest
unclassified computing resources, " Stack said. " It provides
a diverse computing resource as well with large memory compute
nodes, visualization nodes, dedicated AI/machine learning
nodes and a large number of dedicated compute nodes. "
With the arrival of Fran later this year, the center will have
platforms on the floor celebrating all six original ENIAC programmers:
Frances Elizabeth " Betty " (Snyder) Holberton, Betty
Jean " Jean " (Jennings) Bartik, Kathleen " Kay " (McNulty)
Mauchly Antonelli, Ruth (Lichterman) Teitelbaum, Marlyn
(Wescoff) Meltzer and Frances V. " Fran " (Bilas) Spence.
Fran places the ARL DSRC in a unique position with six computing
platforms on the floor at once, and is the largest computer
ever hosted by ARL.
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Swarm exercise and all of the systems worked collaboratively
and autonomously to find target vessels. "
The concept of operations Northrop Grumman demonstrated
included a USV equipped with the Scion EW payload,
which collaborated with UAVs launched and controlled by
Helix to find, fix, track and target vessels. Helix provided the
autonomy engine for intelligent collaborative uncrewed systems
and gave operators a near-real-time, multi-layered view
of the mission landscape. Through this exercise, Scion
enriched Helix's ecosystem of uncrewed mission solutions.
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