# Federal And Aerospace AI Suite The suite is a comprehensive set of resources designed to accelerate the development and deployment of edge AI solutions across federal and aerospace domains, as well as demonstrate Intel's integrated AI acceleration and real-time performance on Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 and Intel® Core™ Series 2 processors in defense-focused use cases.  It aims at providing a foundation for evaluating, benchmarking, and validating from handheld systems to avionics, drones, urban air mobility, space, and ground station infrastructure. It currently offers: - [Handheld Multi-Modal application](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/handheld-multi-modal-application/index.md) - [UAV Vision Analytics](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/uav-vision-analytics/index.md) The applications are optimized for AI inference on portable devices, focusing on SWaP-C compliance (Size, Weight, Power, and Cost). They also help meet certification, ruggedness, and interoperability requirements that are important for field hardware use. ## How to use the Federal And Aerospace Suite ### 1. Install the Edge Node Infrastructure software The most efficient way to deploy the Handheld Multi-Modal app is to use the preconfigured [Edge Node Infrastructure software](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/handheld-multi-modal-application/infrastructure-setup.md) system. To learn how to do it, refer to: * [Build the standard handheld OS image](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/handheld-multi-modal-application/infrastructure-setup.md#step-2-build-the-os-image) Optionally, to learn more about customizing and optimizing Operating System images, refer to: * [Image Composer Tool documentation](https://docs.openedgeplatform.intel.com/2026.2/image-composer-tool/index.html) - Infra developer composes a slim, Intel-tuned Ubuntu based image for the target use case. ### 2. Deploy the application Once your system is installed, you can deploy selected apps: [Handheld Multi-Modal app](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/handheld-multi-modal-application/index.md): * [Download the package](https://github.com/open-edge-platform/edge-ai-suites/releases/download/fedaero-latest/handheld-multi-modal.zip 'zip archive') * [Deploy the Handheld Multi-Modal application](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/handheld-multi-modal-application/index.md) - User runs the multi-modal handheld app (speech + chat) on Intel XPUs. [UAV Vision Analytics](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/uav-vision-analytics/index.md): * [Download the package](https://github.com/open-edge-platform/edge-ai-suites/releases/download/fedaero-latest/uav-mission-apps.zip 'zip archive') * [Deploy the UAV Vision Analytics - standalone](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/uav-vision-analytics/get-started/get-started-standalone.md) * [Deploy the UAV Vision Analytics - SDK mode](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/uav-vision-analytics/get-started/get-started-uavsdk.md) ### 3. Run benchmarks Use the benchmark guide for your application, or run platform-level benchmarks: * [Benchmark the Handheld Multi-Modal application](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/handheld-multi-modal-application/benchmarks.md) - Use ViPPET to compare pipeline performance across CPU, GPU, and NPU. * [Benchmark the UAV Vision Analytics application](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/uav-vision-analytics/benchmark.md) - Measure UAV video stream density and hardware utilization. ViPPET is also available as an optional tool. * Edge Workloads and Benchmarks: [Handheld Multi-Modal](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/handheld-multi-modal-application/benchmarking/run-edge-benchmarks.md) and [UAV Vision Analytics](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/uav-vision-analytics/benchmarking/run-edge-benchmarks.md) - Run platform-level vision, media, edge-AI-pipeline, and GenAI benchmarks. ### 4. Use AI agent to develop your solution Use the AI agent guide for your application: * [Handheld Multi-Modal AI agent guide](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/handheld-multi-modal-application/agents.md) - Build and provision the platform, tune power and thermal settings, and generate DL Streamer pipelines. * [UAV Vision Analytics AI agent guide](./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/uav-vision-analytics/agents.md) - Includes the shared infrastructure and DL Streamer workflows plus UAV SDK commands and MCP tools. :::{toctree} :hidden: Handheld (Soldier System) Blueprint <./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/handheld-multi-modal-application/index.md> UAV Blueprint <./edge-ai-suites/ai-suite-federal-and-aerospace/uav-vision-analytics/index.md> ::: :::{toctree} :hidden: :caption: --------------- Intel® Edge System Qualification Get Help or Contribute :::