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“It’s been a minute”, as the current slang describes an extended period, since the affiliation of Parallax Advanced Research with the Ohio Aerospace Institute. With the end of calendar year 2025 quickly approaching, it seemed like a good time to...

Decision advantage is the new battlespace. As information multiplies across domains, decision-makers—from commanders in the field to analysts—are tasked with translating overwhelming complexity into timely, accountable action. Yet while AI has become...

Cleveland & Dayton, Ohio — For a group of kindergarten and first-grade girls, science this year was not an abstract concept found in a textbook. It was something they built, launched, questioned, and proudly carried home. The inaugural Girls of...

Former USAF/ANG aviator and Parallax/OAI UAV program manager Katie “Bug” Heilner translates operator realities into deployable autonomy—pushing AAM access, multi-UAS teaming, and better requirements so capability arrives when it counts. With more...

Artificial intelligence is changing how the Department of Defense thinks, fights, and decides—but according to Dr. Mary Frame, Program Manager and Director of Cognitive Research at Parallax Advanced Research and the Ohio Aerospace Institute, the real...

Beavercreek, OH — September 29, 2025 — Parallax Advanced Research has been awarded a contract under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Methodological Advancements for Generalizable Insights into Complex Systems (MAGICS) program...

Beavercreek, OH and Cleveland, OH — Parallax Advanced Research and the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) announced today the appointment of two new members to their joint Board of Directors: Dr. Edward D. Herderick and Lieutenant General (Ret.) Eric...

Electronic warfare (EW) is one of the most complex arenas in modern defense. Signals are noisy, adversaries are adaptive, and data streams arrive at a speed and scale that overwhelm conventional machine learning systems. To stay ahead, the U.S. and...

When Dr. Steven D. Harbour, Senior Scientist at Parallax Advanced Research and the Ohio Aerospace Institute, describes his latest invention as a “Living Microprocessor™,” he isn’t speaking metaphorically. His work is literally redefining the boundary...

Parallax Advanced Research and the Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) are pioneering research that bridges biologically-inspired and unconventional computing, advanced sensing, and defense innovation. Dr. Steven D. Harbour, director of AI Hardware...