Mil system power is cheaper by the dozen (volts)
Eran Strod discusses how system designers have to daily confront the extra work and cost of designing custom power supplies when the different boards they select for their system design fall into...
FACE avionics standard will transform systems design
Curtis Reichenfeld discusses the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE). This open architecture standard enables code development reuse in avionics applications.
SiGe-based ADCs/DACs double COTS Electronic Warfare processing performance
David Jedynak discusses new ADC and DAC technology based on Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) promises unprecedented levels of functionality and capability for demanding signal processing applications.
U.S. Army's VICTORY ushers in the next COTS integration revolution
Bringing state-of-the-art commercial silicon performance to deployed systems for rugged military environments can involve conflicting goals.
Life cycle management: The COTS perspective
Application stability and predictability are essential for deployed COTS-based mission-critical military systems, which tend to have an in-service life long far longer than the typical commercial...
3U VPX poised to serve small UAVs
Steve Edwards in Military Technology Insider looks at how the military is turning to smaller, low-cost unmanned vehicles for compute-intensive ISR applications.
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Systems for lightweight UAVs enabled by rugged GP-GPUs
Bill Pilaud discusses use of SAR to map and image terrain information in manned and unmanned aircraft.
Managing ITAR compliance in COTS systems design
As foreign sales continue to be a key driver for many U.S. vendors, it is critical to ensure due diligence of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to avoid profile violations
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VICTORY Initiative Lays Path to Improve Vehicle C4ISR Designs
The legacy of stovepipe military vehicle electronics makes for difficulties as more computing systems are added. The VICTORY architecture helps solve those problems by providing a standard approach...
OpenVPX development and COTS interoperability for rugged signal processing applications
The OpenVPX specification provides a system-level framework for interoperability in VPX modules. This article looks at how OpenVPX backplane topologies and fabric type expedite the develop of...
