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Advanced Composite Technology Boosts Chassis Thermal Performance
The push for increased capabilities and performance in manned and unmanned military vehicles is driving a need for reduced Size, Weight, Power and Cost (SWaP-C)—to be able to add newRead More...
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Fast Processors Drive Need for Cooling Mobile Electronics
Military electronics in use for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) missions are required to withstand the extremeRead More...
Slot-Card Systems Vie with Rugged Box Solutions
There’s no doubt that there has been a change occurring in the military embedded computing industry over the past five years or so. At the heart of that change is the risingRead More...
Carrier Landing Modeling System Leverages GPGPU Advantages
Since Intel introduced the 8088 microprocessor and Motorola released their 68000 over 30 years ago, CPUs have been at the forefront of discussions related to computing power. UsersRead More...
Configurable Integrated Systems Support cPCI, PXI, VME and VPX
Designed for use in development systems and for production runs, Verotec has introduced a family of 1U, 2U, 3U and 6U configurable integrated systems. Based on combinations of standardRead More...
Transitions and New Realities Shake Up U.S. Manned Space Program
Here we are again at a crossroads of National manned space policy—the most significant since the transition from the Apollo/Saturn to the Space Shuttle. The Space Shuttle program isRead More...
PCIe-over-Cable Products Offer Cost-Effective Solutions
PCI Express is the only bus that can effectively extend over cable without requiring software conversion and thus incurring increased overhead and latency. That means what happensRead More...
3U Industrial Servers Offer Preconfigured Solutions
The Trenton TCS3500 and TCS3501 industrial servers are now available for deployment in computing applications requiring fast delivery as well as system performance, stability andRead More...
The Inside Track
Northrop Grumman to Upgrade Integrated Bridge Systems for Nimitz-Class Carriers Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract to provide Scalable Integrated Bridge SystemsRead More...
Rugged Industrial Server Offers Complete System Solution
Crystal Group has announced the newest addition to the Crystal Group server family, the IS100- Rugged Industrial Server. The IS100 1U Server is the first product in Crystal’s newRead More...
Pre-integrated Subsystems Curb Costs, Speed Deployment
To meet burgeoning demand, developers of off-the-shelf rugged computing platforms are including a variety of features and services to enhance usability, reduce complexity and increaseRead More...
New DoD Goals Boost Preconfigured Subsystem Opportunities
Recent changes in the U.S. military’s mission strategy—following the change of administrations, and reflected in the DoD’s new budget—are shifting the military procurement landscape.Read More...
Multiple Vendor Fairy Tale
Even the military is following the trend of consumer electronics—more functionality, smaller, less power and cheaper. The only problem is that the military can’t accept a “use it forRead More...
Pre-Integrated Systems Move Up the Solution Food Chain
The rising trend toward stand-alone rugged box systems continues to pervade the military embedded computing industry. These box-level systems often resemble the end deliverableRead More...
COTS Journal’s OpenVPX Solutions Center
Rugged 6U VPX SBC Has Integrated Onboard I/O Resources Aitech Defense Systems has introduced a rugged 6U VPX SBC that offers the selection between PCI Express and Serial RapidIO.Read More...
Slot-Card and Box-Level Solutions Jockey to Meet UAV Payload Needs
A trend has been building in the past couple years where traditional embedded board vendors are adding stand-alone rugged box-level systems to their military market offerings. TheseRead More...
