John McHale, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media and
Sharon Hess, Managing Editor —
Some military programs need high-end processing, and that’s all there is to it, for example, an airborne classified data system. Case in point: The Kontron-bred High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) platform, in an 8U VPX form factor, was selected for just such a system. And the...
John McHale, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media and
Sharon Hess, Managing Editor —
The ability to transmit video content securely is a must for the military. Now VITEC’s new release of its Optibase Ocaster MPEG recaster/reflector can do just that, acting as a LAN-to-LAN reflective bridge for video streaming between military LANs and enterprise LANs. The new Ocaster...
John McHale, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media and
Sharon Hess, Managing Editor —
Physics of Failure Analysis is a topic that is critical to rapidly and cost-effectively delivering safe, highly reliable systems into military customers’ hands. One company focusing on this paradigm is DfR Solutions, apparently, with its Sherlock Automated Design Analysis Tool softwa...
John McHale, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media and
Sharon Hess, Managing Editor —
To keep soldiers on the ground in-the-know when it comes to mission strategy, wouldn’t it be nice if they could view mission-critical data out in the field? A rugged tablet is certainly viable, and Panasonic Solutions Company’s Toughbook H2 could be just the ticket. The fully r...
John McHale, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media and
Sharon Hess, Managing Editor —
While the burgeoning VPX (VITA 46) VITA-spawned form factor is taking the military embedded realm by storm, an optimal power supply ensures optimal performance and reliability. Enter the VITA 62 Power Supply standard, which defines a power supply geared for VPX chassis while meeting rugged...
John McHale, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media and
Sharon Hess, Managing Editor —
Some say you can’t get enough of a good thing, but in a slightly different vein, Cambridge Pixel showed us that you can improve an already-good thing. The company has added audio and video capability to its SPx AV software, a toolkit of components useful for radar in command and cont...
John McHale, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media and
Sharon Hess, Managing Editor —
Officials at Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, CA, released a security solution consisting of Suite B-Compliant Security Protocol Toolkits and Device Lifecycle Management (DLM) system, designed by the company’s INTEGRITY Security Services (ISS) business unit. Packaged with the G...
John McHale, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media and
Sharon Hess, Managing Editor —
FPGAs are a game changer for many signal-processing applications and especially for Software-Defined Radio (SDR). Each generation of FPGA enables more performance than the previous generation, enabling designers to shrink the footprint of military systems, providing more and more performan...
John McHale, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media and
Sharon Hess, Managing Editor —
Engineers at Northrop Grumman Corp. are improving helicopter navigation with a new Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS)-based Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), called the LCR-300. The new device has a MEMS-based inertial measurement unit designed and developed by navigation s...
John McHale, Editorial Director, OpenSystems Media and
Sharon Hess, Managing Editor —
Leveraging Intel Atom-based processing technology, engineers at Aitech Defense Systems in Chatsworth, CA, are able to provide a rugged, lightweight, control unit for military ground vehicles. The NightHawk RCU, weighing only 4.5 lbs, provides Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) for military...
