Air Force Archives - High-Performance Computing News Analysis | insideHPC https://insidehpc.com/tag/air-force/ At the Convergence of HPC, AI and Quantum Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:02:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 57143778 Air Force Research Lab Adds 12PFLOPS HPC System https://insidehpc.com/2023/09/air-force-research-lab-adds-12pflops-penguin-hpc-system/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:18:18 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=92389

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced the installation of a supercomputer built by Penguin Systems, named the Raider. The system delivers about 12 petaFLOPS of compute power, ranking it in the vicinity of the 50th most powerful system in the world, according to the TOP500 ranking of HPC systems. The system is part of the Department of Defense’s HPC Modernization Program....

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]]> 92389 Aliro Quantum Wins U.S. Air Force Contracts for Quantum Network Simulation and Control https://insidehpc.com/2021/07/aliro-quantum-wins-u-s-air-force-contracts-for-quantum-network-simulation-and-control/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:44:22 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=88055 BOSTON — July 21, 2021 – Aliro Quantum today announced it has secured several contracts through AFWERX, a program from the U.S. Air Force focused on expanding technology, talent, and transition partnerships for rapid and affordable commercial and military capability. Aliro is using the funding to advance the development of critical software needed to design and operate […]

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]]> 88055 HPE Supercomputer Installed at Oak Ridge for U.S. Air Force https://insidehpc.com/2021/02/hpe-supercomputer-installed-at-oak-ridge-for-u-s-air-force/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:24:43 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=86810

HPE has delivered a two-systems-in-one supercomputer to support weather modeling and forecasting for the U.S. Air force and Army. The HPC system, powered by two HPE Cray EX supercomputers, is now operational at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where it is managed by ORNL. HPE said that at 7.2 petaflops peak performance, the combined systems are […]

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]]> 86810 Cray Shasta Supercomputer to power weather forecasting for U.S. Air Force https://insidehpc.com/2019/08/cray-shasta-supercomputer-to-power-weather-forecasting-for-u-s-air-force/ Fri, 09 Aug 2019 14:39:08 +0000 https://insidehpc.com/?p=79372

Today Cray announced that their first Shasta supercomputing system for operational weather forecasting and meteorology will be acquired by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The powerful high-performance computing capabilities of the new system, named HPC11, will enable higher fidelity weather forecasts for U.S. Air Force and Army operations worldwide. The contract is valued at $25 million.

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