Computers

USAF photo
An F-35A Lightning II sits on display during an arrival ceremony at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, in 2024. The advanced, connected fighter aircraft combines data from a variety of sensors, including advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, electro-optical distributed aperture systems, and integrated communication, navigation, and identification systems. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William Downs.
By processing sensor streams directly on the platform, defense systems can fuse, analyze, and act on data in near real time, even in contested environments.
April 15, 2026