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...

Radar Systems Boost Appetite for Faster I/O and DSP Processing

Today’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) subsystems are required to do more, faster, while ISR application developers are challenged to design sophisticated systemsRead More...

Embedded Processing Brings More Functionality to Small UAVs

T he electronics aboard Small UAVs—for flight control, mission control and communications—face some of the most rigorous size, weight and power restrictions. Selecting the rightRead More...

VME and VPX FPGA Processing Advances Target Radar and SIGINT Needs

No longer viewed as peripheral or coprocessing devices, faster FPGA-based DSP capabilities combined with an expanding array of IP cores and development tools for FPGAs are enablingRead More...

Bridging 1553 to Ethernet Networks Paves Future of Avionics

Modern avionics systems find switched Ethernet the dominant network architecture with MIL-STD-1553 (1553) and ARINC implemented for high reliability and legacy communications.Read More...

Open Approach Enables Cost Reduction for Naval Radar Displays

A modern military command and control display system typically combines the graphical elements of a user interface with the need for complex mapping and real-time sensor display suchRead More...

System-Level Approach Wins for UAV Radar Payload Designs

Over the last decade the use of UAVs has grown from a rarity—strictly in support of high-risk military operations—to virtually commonplace, supporting border security, drug enforcementRead 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...

COM Express vs. PC/104 for Small UAV Systems

With the growing scope of today's military, UAVs are performing a wider range of functions. Whether designed for reconnaissance, research, armed attacks or search and rescue, theseRead More...

Conduction Cooling Arms Stackable SBCs for Small UAV Duty

A significant challenge facing Ultra-Small UAV and Light Vehicle military system designers is the removal of heat from embedded computers. Fanless, sealed enclosures are usuallyRead More...