Refresh-Centric SBCs Keep VME’s Immortality on Track

VME has a rich and successful legacy in military systems in part because of its unique ability to remain backward compatible and facilitate technology refresh in military programs.Read More...

Embedded Computer Building Blocks Serve High-Bandwidth Military Needs

The need for advanced connectivity and bandwidth is continually evolving to support the modern battlefield. This is mainly due to the availability, and thus demands, forRead More...

Single Event Effects Complicate Military Avionics System Design

Military aircraft routinely operate at altitudes from 30,000 to 60,000 feet or more, including planes with sophisticated fly-by-wire circuitry and those used for airborne earlyRead More...

JTRS and WIN-T Technologies Take to the Field

Advances in the software defined radio market continue to overlap nicely with the DoD’s software radio efforts. For the DoD’s Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program, many of theRead More...

Rugged Military Computers Bulk Up for Harsh Environments

Propelled by the rigorous needs of the U.S. Defense industry, rugged computing technology has come a long way in the last ten years. MIL-STD-461F, RE102 and 810G are the prevailingRead More...

10 Gbit Ethernet Offers an Alternative to Bus-Based Slot Cards

With the advent of the 10 Gbit Ethernet network as a high-speed data transfer mechanism, demanding military sensor interfacing and processing are seeing a seismic shift. The largeRead More...

Tech Refresh Strategies Bolster New Battlefield Compute Workloads

The ability to handle increasing volumes of data is dramatically impacting the modern battlefield, often outpacing the performance of legacy systems. The value of sharing thisRead More...

Rackmount Systems Push the Compute Density Envelope

When the goal is packing in as much compute density as possible into a system, it’s hard to beat a rackmount blade computer architecture. A wealth of product and system solutions isRead More...

Networked-Military Calls for More Complex UPS and Power Distribution Tech

Napoleon once stated that “an army travels on its stomach.” Today’s new high-tech military travels on its communications capabilities. The spectrum of these capabilitiesRead More...

Pre-Integrated Subsystems Step Up to Meet Demanding Requirements

Advances made in embedded computing technology continue to push pre-integrated subsystems further into demanding applications where only the most durable, powerful systems willRead More...