Hardware Assets
FPGA Boards Revamp the Radar and SIGINT Landscapes
Jeff Child Editor-in-Chief
Waveform-intensive applications like sonar, radar and SIGINT seem to have an endless appetite for signal processing power. Faster DSPs coupled with a broader range of IP cores and develRead More...
System Development
EOL and DMSMS Issues Keep DoD and Specialist Firms Busy
Jeff Child Editor-in-Chief
The defense industry’s struggle with obsolescence–referred to in official circles as Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)–continues to chalRead More...
Tech Recon
VPX and VXS Raise Unique Design and Testing Challenges
Justin Moll, Marketing Manager, Elma Electronic
VPX is getting much of the attention these days in Mil/Aero applications, and for good reason. Acceptance of the architecture continues to grow thanks to its sharp increase in potentialRead More...
Bandwidth and Legacy Needs Drive VPX/VXS/VME Choice
Frank Phelan, Mil/Aero, Government Div. Principal Engineer, Kontron
Just past its 25-year mark, VME has been the embedded computing mainstay for military and aerospace applications. And while its capabilities are still solid as a rock, new computing reqRead More...
VPX Trade-Offs: Getting to Common Backplanes
Nauman Arshad, Manager, SBC Product Marketing Mark Littlefield, Product Marketing Manager, FPGA-based Computing Products Steve Edwards, Applications Engineering Manager, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
The first wave of “beachhead” innovators and early adopter customers for VPX (VITA 46) boards and subsystems quickly established the preeminence of the architecture. They weRead More...
VPX and VXS Strike a Balance of Choices for Designers
Anne Mascarin, Product Marketing Manager Tom Roberts, Product Marketing Manager, Mercury Computer Systems
Developers of high-performance embedded computing systems for defense must satisfy both tactical and technical requirements of the programs they serve. Since the life cycle of most defeRead More...
Ethernet Gains Momentum as Fabric for VME, VXS and VPX Systems
John Thomson, Director, Software Engineering, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms
Ethernet is everywhere. That’s no surprise. In many ways, it’s as close to perfect as a technology can be in terms of its scalability, its flexibility, its simplicity and itRead More...
Technology Focus
Switched Ethernet Broadens its Reach in Land, Sea and Air
Jeff Child Editor-in-Chief
Once relegated only to command and control systems in the military, Ethernet is now gaining traction in numerous other military applications. As a result, Ethernet switch boards are emeRead More...
Rugged Ethernet Switch Boards Roundup
Dual-Channel 10GbE XMC Ready for Rough Duties The military has become sold on the idea of using Ethernet not only as a network technology but also as a fabric interconnect. The VRead More...
