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AFRL cuts ribbon on $70M supercomputing investment
The Air Force Research Laboratory and the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) on Thursday celebrated a $70 million investment at the Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Center (DSRC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
• The project: The servers will help the F-35 JPO create, test and explore digital twins or virtual representations of hardware and capabilities that will help the Air Force win battles, allowing researchers to test and prototype advances far more rapidly and efficiently.
• What they are saying: “Your phone, the camera you’re using right now, those were all tested virtually,” said Joseph Baker, director of engineering and technical management for the F-35 JPO. “We’re trying to do the same thing with our military electronics.”
• High Performance Computing Center: The servers have the ability to store data on the order of multi-petabytes and more. (A petabyte is equivalent to a million gigabytes, about 500 billion pages of standard printed text.)
• Laymen terms: While the technology is cutting edge, the idea is simple: Harness digital engineering and supercomputing to help those who fight wars win those wars. Some of the most key warfighting capabilities you can imagine — finding the right target, hitting that target, making the right decisions in the heat of battle — depend on microelectronics.
Final section of Xenia’s Edenbridge housing development OK’d by planning board
The final section of a major new subdivision in Xenia is one step closer to approval.
• Subdivision plans: The plan calls for the Edenbridge subdivision to have 54 new homes on 13.5 acres in the southwest portion of the city, on the border with Spring Valley Twp.
• Home prices: Homes in Edenbridge start between $315,000 and $340,000.
• Previous approvals: Developer Arnold Development previously obtained approval for 108 homes and duplexes, bringing the total in the entire subdivision to 162 single-family homes.
• What happens next: The final section of the subdivision was approved by city planners earlier this month, and will go to city council on Dec. 23.
What to know today
• One big takeaway: A violence prevention bill for hospitals is headed to the governor’s desk after it passed the Ohio General Assembly this week.
• Tip of the day: Big Lots announced Thursday it plans to close all its remaining stores by January. Sales to start soon.
• Person to know today: Sherry Gale. Currently DPS’s director of College Credit Plus and scholarships, Gale will be House of Bread’s next executive director. House of Bread is a nonprofit in West Dayton that offers free lunches and other services from five to seven days a week, 365 days a year, often including Thanksgiving and Christmas.
• Big move of the day: Miamisburg is planning a project that aims to fix and improve the closed Sycamore Trails Aquatic Center at a cost that could exceed $12 million.
• Stat of the day: Kettering’s 2025 budget projects $110.24 million in spending, with income tax revenues increasing $1.8 million — similar to this year — to $58.2 million.
• Happening today: What to know about Ohio State’s College Football Playoff game vs. Tennessee.
• Thing to do: The Brightside is gearing up to host its first ever New Year’s Eve event with Ohio jam bands Ekoostik Hookah and Subterranean.
• Photo of the day: Table 33 barkeep Jalen Cambell walks through the bar at the restaurants new location at the Dayton Arcade. Read the full story.
