Deploying AI in Air-Gapped Environments: What It Really Takes

For most software teams, integrating AI tools like code assistants is as simple as signing up for a service and adding an extension. You get instant access to powerful models, and with every keystroke, you’re tapping into a vast, cloud-based brain.

But what if your job is to build the software that controls a satellite, manages a power grid or guides a fighter jet? For these teams — and others in defense, aerospace, government and heavily regulated industries — that easy integration isn’t an option. Their work happens in environments…