With the increasing global instability and rising cybersecurity threats, there is a growing demand for rapid deployment solutions among military and government agencies. Recognizing this need, NextComputing and Ampere collaborated to create the Nexus Fly-Away Kit—a revolutionary solution that provides more secure, high-density compute power in a carry-on-sized form factor.
At the heart of each Nexus Fly-Away Kit is the Ampere® Altra® processor, enabling NextComputing to pack up to 512 cores of compute power in a 4-node carry-on. Compared to traditional x86-based systems, Ampere CPUs offer higher compute density, consume less power, and generate less heat — making them ideal for small portable solutions. This offers TSA-compliant computing solutions that allow military and government personnel to keep mission-critical hardware by their side throughout air and ground travel and operate effectively even in challenging environments.
A popular configuration for U.S. Government and military missions, especially for Kubernetes clusters, is 3-node with 2 compute nodes plus 1 storage and AI hardware accelerator node, all using SUSE with K3S and RKE2 for Kubernetes and Rancher Government Systems for management, upgrades, and deployments of containers and Harvester for VMs.