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Approved Supplier Status Is Not a Certification

A Gulfstream cockpit display supplier's new approved status highlights a gap buyers routinely miss between OEM qualification and airworthiness certification.

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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.