The National Science Foundation awarded a $472,060 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of North Texas for the period of May 15, 2023 to April 30, 2026. The grant supports the development of an enhanced open networked airborne computing platform to facilitate design, implementation, and testing of integrated control, computing, communication, and networking capabilities for airborne applications. Key deliverables include hardware and software updates to enable distributed control with technologies like phased array antennas and ROS2, as well as enhanced communication, networking, edge computing and data processing services leveraging software-defined radio, LTE, and SDN. The project also aims to incorporate security features such as a secure federated learning platform and integrate packages to ensure confidentiality, integrity, authentication and secure computation. Outreach activities involving student competitions and workshops are expected to benefit underrepresented minority students. Research outputs will be made available through the project website to support the broader computing and information science community.