GDC Powers AI at the Tactical Edge at Mobility Guardian 2025

For today’s mission owner, operating effectively in denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited bandwidth (DDIL) environments is paramount. The Department of Defense’s strategy requires smaller, dispersed teams to function autonomously, creating a critical need for secure AI and data processing at the edge.

Bringing cloud power to the edge

Recognizing this challenge, the U.S. Air Force partnered with Google Public Sector and General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) to deploy the Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped appliance. The integrated hardware and software solution offers a ruggedized, transportable appliance that allows users to securely run workloads classified up to the Secret level. GDC’s secure-by-design architecture ensures that Zero Trust security is integral, not an afterthought, minimizing complex configurations in contested environments.

GDC at Mobility Guardian 2025

This July in Guam, The United States and allied partners participated in Mobility Guardian 2025, Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) premier readiness exercise ...