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If ARM was an arm, BRN would be its biceps💪!
Bravo's BrainChip Community Update: Still No Announcement… But Here's 300 Words That Sound REALLY IMPORTANT
Fellow Aki-dakians, Neuromorphic Noobs, and Edge Enthusiasts,
We interrupt this regularly scheduled period of complete and utter boredom to bring you… another non-update.
Yes, the ASX remains tragically announcement-free. But don’t be fooled - beneath this tranquil facade lies a veritable cacophony of untethered synaptic activity. Somewhere, deep within a bunker protected by quantum-hardened encryption and at least one espresso machine, a team of engineers is currently adjusting a spiking temporal module and running recursive TENN topologies through a pseudo-stochastic inference grid.
What does it all mean?
Nothing.
We still can’t tell you.
NDAs thicker than a plank of prettified wood.
However, rest assured that at this very moment:
- An ultra low-power Akida SoC is classifying dust particles using event-based micro-Doppler signatures.
- Someone, hopefully one of our staff members, is feeding radar chirps into a latency-pruned, TENNs-optimized, biologically plausible digitally anodised, neuronal array to connect onto some poor unsuspecting person's cortical column.
- And a squirrel may or may not be running a keyword detection model on a single microwatt run off a truss tomato.
So, the news is - there is still no news - not a brass razoo's worth of it to be found anywhere.
But oh, the potential theoretical news that could one day emerge! It gives me tingles up and down my axon hillock just thinking about it!
Stay strong. Stay speculative.
And remember: in the world of edge AI,
"Sometimes the quietest chips make the loudest impact."
Yours in low-power optimism,
Bravo on behalf of the powers that be.
We officially unveiled our new battery-free e-Sense Tag at Sensors Converge, and it’s looking pretty sweet. | Energous
We officially unveiled our new battery-free e-Sense Tag at Sensors Converge, and it’s looking pretty sweet. This compact, rugged sensor tracks temperature and location in real time and reports straight to the cloud via BLE. It’s fully waterproof, reusable, and powered wirelessly over-the-air...
I wonder if we are involved with our link with HaiLa?
Pom down under
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Give them some slack they are probably really busy finalising multiple deals as we speakI am a bit annoyed still no patent Ann at least...wtf....it's getting enough now to almost make me lean to the Darkside with the BRN downers
Ol' Antonio using the Force on Anns still and maybe in other ways.....??
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Bravo
If ARM was an arm, BRN would be its biceps💪!
Raytheon's in the money!
Another juicy defense contract - this time for next-gen GPS receivers. I wonder if our technology could be helpful in this type of GPS-integrated defense system???
It wouldn't replace or power the GPS receiver itself but, presumably it could process the data the GPS module helps generate, or help improve situational awareness or navigation in GPS-denied/jammed environments. For example, a drone that loses GPS due to jamming could rely on Akida to interpret IMU or radar signals for continued navigation.
GPS is typically embedded into broader systems like missiles, UAVs, guided vehicles that also use radar and motion sensing. Receivers are often embedded into handheld soldier equipment, loitering munitions, recon UAVs and satellites & rovers. All of these platforms are size, weight, and power-constrained (SWaP).
Let’s be honest - if Raytheon’s got a cool $77 million lying around, surely they can spare a few bucks for another one of our licenses.
EditorLuke Juricic
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Published 03/07/2025, 07:24 am
Raytheon secures $77 million DoD contract for GPS receivers.
https://au.investing.com/equities/united-tech
Investing.com -- Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) Co. has been awarded a $77,204,209 requirements contract by the U.S. Department of Defense for Miniaturized Airborne Global Positioning System Receiver (MAGR) production and sustainment.
The contract covers repairs, production, sustainment, and engineering services for the MAGR-2K and 2K-M receivers. Work will be performed at Raytheon facilities in El Segundo, California, and Huntsville, Alabama.
The project is scheduled to be completed by June 30, 2031. The contract also includes provisions for potential Foreign Military Sales to various partner nations in the future.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is managing the contract, which was awarded as a sole-source acquisition. No funds will be obligated at the time of the award.
The contract number is FA8576-25-D-0002.
Another juicy defense contract - this time for next-gen GPS receivers. I wonder if our technology could be helpful in this type of GPS-integrated defense system???
It wouldn't replace or power the GPS receiver itself but, presumably it could process the data the GPS module helps generate, or help improve situational awareness or navigation in GPS-denied/jammed environments. For example, a drone that loses GPS due to jamming could rely on Akida to interpret IMU or radar signals for continued navigation.
GPS is typically embedded into broader systems like missiles, UAVs, guided vehicles that also use radar and motion sensing. Receivers are often embedded into handheld soldier equipment, loitering munitions, recon UAVs and satellites & rovers. All of these platforms are size, weight, and power-constrained (SWaP).
Let’s be honest - if Raytheon’s got a cool $77 million lying around, surely they can spare a few bucks for another one of our licenses.
Raytheon secures $77 million DoD contract for GPS receivers
EditorLuke Juricic
Stock Markets
Published 03/07/2025, 07:24 am
Raytheon secures $77 million DoD contract for GPS receivers.
https://au.investing.com/equities/united-tech
Investing.com -- Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) Co. has been awarded a $77,204,209 requirements contract by the U.S. Department of Defense for Miniaturized Airborne Global Positioning System Receiver (MAGR) production and sustainment.
The contract covers repairs, production, sustainment, and engineering services for the MAGR-2K and 2K-M receivers. Work will be performed at Raytheon facilities in El Segundo, California, and Huntsville, Alabama.
The project is scheduled to be completed by June 30, 2031. The contract also includes provisions for potential Foreign Military Sales to various partner nations in the future.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is managing the contract, which was awarded as a sole-source acquisition. No funds will be obligated at the time of the award.
The contract number is FA8576-25-D-0002.
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If ARM was an arm, BRN would be its biceps💪!
“Something’s Coming” – The BrainChip Musical (Investor’s Cut) Tony: (spotlight on, hopeful gaze)
Could be… who knows?There’s something due… any day now!
It could cannonball from the sky…
Or maybe just… quietly die?
Investor Choir: (soft jazz hands, mild despair)
We’ve been waiting here,Since the LinkedIn post appeared…
Tony teased a dream,
But the chart’s still flat, we fear…
IR Team: (whispering backstage)
“Shhh! Not material… not just yet…
Patience, folks… no need to fret…”
Tony: (arms wide, dramatic pause)
Could it be? Yes it could!Something’s coming… if it would…
We should stay… tuned…
To absolutely… nothing new.
MDhere
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west side story love it
Tony: (spotlight on, hopeful gaze)
There’s something due… any day now!
It could cannonball from the sky…
Or maybe just… quietly die?
Investor Choir: (soft jazz hands, mild despair)
Since the LinkedIn post appeared…
Tony teased a dream,
But the chart’s still flat, we fear…
IR Team: (whispering backstage)
“Shhh! Not material… not just yet…
Patience, folks… no need to fret…”
Tony: (arms wide, dramatic pause)
Something’s coming… if it would…
We should stay… tuned…
To absolutely… nothing new.
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MDhere
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not this is proper musical ending it doesn'tLooks more like “south side story”
Would like to add the original positive spin on it though lol
I got a feeling there's a miracle due,
Gonna come true,
Coming to me!
Could it be? Yes, it could.
Something's coming, something good,
If I can wait!
Something's coming, I don't know what it is,
But it is
Gonna be great!
With a click, with a shock,
Phone'll jingle, door'll knock,
Baron Von Ricta
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Bravo:
I hav it on reesonabull orthoritty that their were going to be a number of annownsmints this weak but jew 2 the constunt complaneing about spelling misttakes, ect: thay hav sent them off to the South Park Elamentery Skool for proof reeding.
Unfortunatley thay start summar holidaes tomorow and couldnt give a crap about wereking in the leadup.
So we will hav to wayt until thay return. at he end of Orgust.
PS Maybe go for a jog.
JoMo68
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smoothsailing18
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In Decembar 2024, BRN announced an SBIR for AFRL for radar, to be developed with an unnamed sub-contractor, who, in 20250401 turned out to the RTX/Raytheon. I guess BRN was named as the prime contractor because the SBIR had an employee limit of 500.
In the interim RTX announced the demonstration of AI/ML with 4th gen fighter, but this was not BRN AI/ML:
https://www.rtx.com/news/news-cente...er-ai-ml-powered-radar-warning-receiver-for-4
GOLETA, Calif., Feb. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX business (NYSE: RTX), has successfully completed flight testing on the first-ever AI/ML-powered Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) system for a fourth-generation aircraft.
The Cognitive Algorithm Deployment System, known as CADS, combines the latest Embedded Graphics Processing Unit with Deepwave Digital's computing stack, enabling AI models to be integrated into Raytheon's legacy RWR systems for AI/ML processing at the sensor. This integration allows CADS to employ cognitive methods to sense, identify and prioritize threats. With the CADS capability, the enhanced RWR will increase aircrew survivability while facilitating the rapid and cost-effective mass deployment of modern AI/ML capabilities.
"The advantages of AI in defense systems are extensive, and our recent CADS test demonstrates how commercially available products, paired with advanced algorithms and cognitive methods, can help the U.S. and its allies outpace peer threats," said Bryan Rosselli, president of Advanced Products and Solutions at Raytheon. "CADS' ability to quickly process data and run third-party algorithms that prioritize threats, with almost no latency will significantly enhance survivability for military personnel."
Initial CADS hardware and cognitive radar processing capabilities were tested on Raytheon's flight test aircraft. CADS performed successfully during additional flight testing and demonstrations on an F-16 at the Air National Guard's test range near Tucson, Arizona in December. The flight tests incorporate containerized AI/ML techniques from the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Vadum, Inc., and Raytheon's cognitive electronic warfare team.
CADS is expected to begin being procured across multiple platforms in early 2025.
Our SBIR was:
www.highergov.com
Mapping Complex Sensor Signal Processing Algorithms onto Neuromorphic Chips
OBJECTIVE: Develop an efficient workflow and approach for mapping complex RF and radar signal processing algorithms onto neuromorphic hardware. The neuromorphic hardware can be a limited research prototype or a commercial product. The signal processing algorithms encompass processing of RF signals to decode communication waveforms, Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) adaptive beamforming, Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP), Ground Moving Target Indicator radar, and generating Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images from raw in-phase and quadrature data. The goal is to outline a versatile approach that can translate algorithms as specified in the Matlab or Python software environment into a neuromorphic model implemented in physical hardware.
Rather than being competition for BRN, the Raytheon/Georgia Tech demonstration could be thought of as a proof of concept for AI/ML, using Raytheon's legacy hardware. The SBIR clearly recognizes the benefits of neuromorphic hardware, and AI/ML is right in Akida's sweet spot.
In the interim RTX announced the demonstration of AI/ML with 4th gen fighter, but this was not BRN AI/ML:
https://www.rtx.com/news/news-cente...er-ai-ml-powered-radar-warning-receiver-for-4
GOLETA, Calif., Feb. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX business (NYSE: RTX), has successfully completed flight testing on the first-ever AI/ML-powered Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) system for a fourth-generation aircraft.
The Cognitive Algorithm Deployment System, known as CADS, combines the latest Embedded Graphics Processing Unit with Deepwave Digital's computing stack, enabling AI models to be integrated into Raytheon's legacy RWR systems for AI/ML processing at the sensor. This integration allows CADS to employ cognitive methods to sense, identify and prioritize threats. With the CADS capability, the enhanced RWR will increase aircrew survivability while facilitating the rapid and cost-effective mass deployment of modern AI/ML capabilities.
"The advantages of AI in defense systems are extensive, and our recent CADS test demonstrates how commercially available products, paired with advanced algorithms and cognitive methods, can help the U.S. and its allies outpace peer threats," said Bryan Rosselli, president of Advanced Products and Solutions at Raytheon. "CADS' ability to quickly process data and run third-party algorithms that prioritize threats, with almost no latency will significantly enhance survivability for military personnel."
Initial CADS hardware and cognitive radar processing capabilities were tested on Raytheon's flight test aircraft. CADS performed successfully during additional flight testing and demonstrations on an F-16 at the Air National Guard's test range near Tucson, Arizona in December. The flight tests incorporate containerized AI/ML techniques from the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Vadum, Inc., and Raytheon's cognitive electronic warfare team.
CADS is expected to begin being procured across multiple platforms in early 2025.
Our SBIR was:
Mapping Complex Sensor Signal Processing Algorithms onto Neuromorphic Chips
On 4/17/24 Department of the Air Force issued SBIR / STTR Topic AF242-D015 for Mapping Complex Sensor Signal Processing Algorithms onto Neuromorphic Chips due 6/12/24
Mapping Complex Sensor Signal Processing Algorithms onto Neuromorphic Chips
OBJECTIVE: Develop an efficient workflow and approach for mapping complex RF and radar signal processing algorithms onto neuromorphic hardware. The neuromorphic hardware can be a limited research prototype or a commercial product. The signal processing algorithms encompass processing of RF signals to decode communication waveforms, Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) adaptive beamforming, Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP), Ground Moving Target Indicator radar, and generating Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images from raw in-phase and quadrature data. The goal is to outline a versatile approach that can translate algorithms as specified in the Matlab or Python software environment into a neuromorphic model implemented in physical hardware.
Rather than being competition for BRN, the Raytheon/Georgia Tech demonstration could be thought of as a proof of concept for AI/ML, using Raytheon's legacy hardware. The SBIR clearly recognizes the benefits of neuromorphic hardware, and AI/ML is right in Akida's sweet spot.
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MDhere
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Recently I revisited the connection with DJI and Brainchip. The below demo used the Akida PCIe Board and the DJI Tello drone (demo was a couple years ago and this tello drone features in other detection vidoes on utube)
I think that there is more then the eye can see with this connection as I seem to recall seeing a recent picture with Brainchip somewhere showing yet another dji drone. Again I could have dreamt this as I am having some broken sleep . But on the new flashy website just wanted to bring this back to the surface and the famous words on the fly. If a product like this is sold with akida capabilities that sure would be great.
I think that there is more then the eye can see with this connection as I seem to recall seeing a recent picture with Brainchip somewhere showing yet another dji drone. Again I could have dreamt this as I am having some broken sleep . But on the new flashy website just wanted to bring this back to the surface and the famous words on the fly. If a product like this is sold with akida capabilities that sure would be great.
smoothsailing18
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Does Brn have restrictions selling to DJI being they are based in China ?.
MDhere
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hmmmm not sure on that, maybe, but i'm curious as to why they would have used a dji tello to practice their capabilities in the first place, so maybe another drone provider will adapt this with akida if dji can not?
smoothsailing18
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Yes hopefully
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