Top Gun PGH: Local Tech Keeps Fighter Jets in the Sky

Blade Diagnostics Keeps Jet Engines Humming

Blade Diagnostics is helping keep America’s most advanced fighter jets mission-ready with technology that measures how individual blades inside complex jet-engine rotors vibrate, degrade and respond to damage or repair. Its technologies could enable safer repairs, fewer unnecessary engine removals and more predictive maintenance for military aircraft including the F-22 and future F-35 applications.

Titan Robotics Gives Fighter-Jet Maintenance a Wingman

Titan Robotics is giving fighter-jet maintainers a high-tech wingman with intelligent robotic systems that sand, inspect and repair military aircraft and components with greater safety, speed and consistency. Now, the company is preparing to carry technology forged on aircraft including the F-15 into commercial foundries and factories facing the same challenges.

Eaton Pumps and Systems Underpin Fighter Jets

Eaton supply mission-critical pumps, valves, fluid-conveyance systems and other technologies that help military aircraft manage fuel, hydraulics, oxygen and environmental controls under extreme conditions. From supporting proven platforms to developing lighter, smarter and more reliable components for future aircraft, Eaton’s engineers are helping keep America’s fighter jets ready for the next mission.

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Prequel Solutions Details How AI Changes Hiring

Jen Frazier of Prequel Solutions joins TechVibe to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping resumes, interviews and candidate assessments. While AI can streamline parts of the process, it can also inflate qualifications, help candidates generate interview responses in real time and cause strong applicants to be overlooked by automated screening tools. 

Tech Council Members Making Headlines

Pittsburgh Technology Council members are making bold moves in AI, defense innovation and global expansion, from Sierra Experts joining the OpenAI Partner Network to a new shared classified facility planned for Mill 19 at Hazelwood Green. The roundup also highlights BBJ Group’s launch of a UK operation, extending Pittsburgh-connected environmental expertise into international markets.

Stoicism: A Tech Leader’s Best Friend

Written by veteran technology entrepreneur Chris Allison, “Stoicism: A Tech Leader’s Best Friend” explores how focusing on what can be controlled can help leaders navigate pressure, uncertainty and inevitable business setbacks. Allison shows how Stoic principles such as discipline, perspective and emotional resilience can produce steadier decisions and stronger leadership when the entrepreneurial seas get choppy.

Trust Scales a Business; Control Does Not

Nathan Wadding explores how IQ Inc. founder Barbara VanKirk built flexibility and trust into her company from day one, creating a culture that values people for their contributions rather than hours logged or seats occupied. He says that trust, thoughtful in-person connection and meaningful outcomes are stronger drivers of performance and retention than surveillance, rigid metrics or control.

The Hidden Cost of Caregiver Stress

Many employees are balancing their careers with the responsibility of caring for aging parents, spouses, children with special needs, or other family members. As a result, employers may experience increased absenteeism, reduced productivity, higher healthcare utilization, and greater turnover risk.