SETTING THE BENCHMARK

With the widespread impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, defense strategies must adapt. One clear example of this adaptation involves soldier training cycles. As commercial and defense technologies such as virtual reality (VR) continue to drive each other forward...

For over 40+ years, Benchmark has actively supported our customers in the aerospace and defense (A&D) markets through design, engineering, manufacturing, and post-production expertise. Our continued investment in advanced technologies allows us to collaborate with our A&D customers to build the...

The Age of Advanced digitization

The 2023 Aerospace and Defense (A&D) industry’s shared goals focus on agility, productivity, growth, and sustainability. In order to meet these goals, however, the industry must focus squarely on digitization. To put this into perspective, for original electronic...

Autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs) offer many advantages on the battlefield. In diverse military missions, AGVs enhance situational awareness with intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, target position transfer, concealment, and electronic warfare. But AGVs also remove soldiers from high-risk...

In my last blog, I shared my experience as a part of the team that developed the Army's digitized warfighting concept. In the formative years of the connected battlespace, rapid technological evolution drove changes to the Army's warfighting doctrine. In the past six months, I have had the...

With over 20 years in the aerospace and defense industry, I am often amazed at the technologies embedded in the equipment used by our service members to defend our freedoms. Computing and connectivity are foundational to today's military operations. Most folks may not realize that almost none of...