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The Compression Blind Spot in Aerospace AI Assurance

Edge AI models shrunk by 99% for aerospace and defense inference lack a certification pathway to treat compression as a qualifiable design change.

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Agentic AI's Edge Push Makes Silicon Provenance an Assurance Question

As agentic AI moves onto edge FPGAs in aircraft, hardware sourcing and fab provenance become part of the safety case, not just software behavior.

A robotic arm sweeps sensor light across an industrial floor in low ambient lighting, evoking automated safety monitoring.

The EU AI Act's Lighter Touch Is Not a Lighter Burden

Extended deadlines and narrower scope for industrial AI under the EU AI Act shift compliance obligations onto existing safety and quality frameworks rather than removing them.