May 2026 monthly summary focused on ACE3 feature delivery: Implemented Pylon Alignment Check for Munitions Rearming to ensure munition alignment with pylons during rearming, increasing realism and reliability. Also delivered supporting rearm flow updates and documentation in coordination with contributors.

July 2025 — ACE3 (acemod/ACE3) monthly deliverable focused on stabilizing aircraft turret behavior during zoom transitions. Implemented event-driven camera lock management to preserve the stabilized view when switching from an unstabilized to a stabilized zoom mode. The fix eliminates the regression where the turret would revert to an old stabilized position, improving flight control realism and user experience. Key achievements: - Fixed aircraft turret reverting to old stabilized position during zoom transitions by introducing event handlers to manage camera lock. - Preserved stabilized view across zoom mode changes, reducing user confusion and control anomalies. - Delivered targeted code changes with commit ef53758f4ba3c803cfa2dd4b69cc404a93c51494 (Improve Aircraft - Fix turret returning to old stabilized position (#10996)). Overall impact and accomplishments: - Enhanced realism and reliability of the aircraft module in ACE3, leading to fewer bug reports and a smoother user experience during mission tailoring and aerial operations. - Demonstrated solid debugging, event-driven design, and precise code changes focused on a single regression, minimizing risk while delivering tangible improvements. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Event-driven programming for camera/ turret control, with robust state management across transitions. - Targeted bug fix in a complex subsystem, with clear traceability to a Git commit and issue reference. - Strong collaboration potential across the aircraft and rendering modules, due to cohesive integration of zoom transition logic.