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Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2007
John McHale |
VPX, the Heir to VME, Makes its Debut Embedded-system vendors are releasing their products based on the proposed VITA 46 (VPX) standard, while traditional VME standards such as VME 64 continue to prove profitable. Meanwhile, across the standards aisle, the PICMG MicroTCA standard is creating a buzz in military circles.   |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2008
Courtney E. Howard |
Computational Complexity Single-board and mezzanine-board computers deliver expanded functionality in a reduced size. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2009
John McHale |
Demanding High-Speed I/O Today's complicated military electronics systems require I/O that moves data from sensors to commanders in real time. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
John Keller |
VPX is at the Right Place, at the Right Time, for Serious Market Growth in Embedded Systems It's been a long time in coming, but the market for VPX-based embedded computing is ready to take off. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2006
Ben Ames |
Engineers Balance Speed and Heat in a Single Board Processors and switched-fabric networks are moving data at faster speeds then ever before, which is leading designers to come up with innovative approaches to channeling information flow, power management, and keeping boards cool. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2010
Courtney E. Howard |
Empowering embedded computing Mainstream, COTS technologies combine with aerospace and defense industry innovations to deliver increased performance in compact electronics designs |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2010 |
Core i7 Products Intel i7-based computer boards for military, industrial, and telecom applications introduced by Advantech... Rugged 6U VME and CompactPCI computer boards based on Intel Core i7 processor introduced by GE...etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2005 |
Dilemma: Databus or switched fabric? Board designers today face a new performance bottleneck: modern processors are so fast that traditional parallel databuses cannot keep them adequately supplied with data to take advantage of their blazing speed. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2006
John McHale |
Advanced I/O Means Ethernet Military designers are excited about the I/O capabilities that 10-Gigabit Ethernet promises to bring to the table. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2007
John McHale |
Sharing the stage: 10-Gig Ethernet and Serial RapidIO Military designers see Serial RapidIO and 10 Gigabit Ethernet complementing each other in systems today and the near future. Meanwhile Rocket IO in field-programmable gate arrays is exciting board designers. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2008
John Keller |
Supplier Base for VPX Embedded Computing Begins to Take Shape The market and supplier base for VPX and VPX-REDI single-board computers are emerging, as several companies are stepping forward to provide embedded computing that adheres to VITA-46 and VITA-48 standards. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2006
John McHale |
Sense of Urgency Among Primes Drives VME Market, While VITE 46 Highlights Company Roadmaps Designers of VME single-board computers for military applications say their market is strong because prime contractors feel pressure to field programs quickly, which forces them to use commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2008
John McHale |
Faster and faster I/O The U.S. military becomes a more network-centric force each year, relying more and more on the quality of the data it receives from sensors on land, at sea, and in the air. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2007
John Keller |
Small Size Helps 3U CompactPCI Single-Board Computers Find Niche in Avionics, Other Military Applications The reasons for the migration to 3U CompactPCI involve the 3U board's relatively small size and weight, its inherent ruggedness, and its advantages in cooling |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2009 |
Aitech Introduces Rugged VME Single-Board Computer for Military Applications Aitech Defense Systems is introducing the C160 rugged 6U VME single-board computer for harsh-environment, military embedded systems, such as radar and sonar and military communications processors. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2005
Ben Ames |
Contractors balance speed and efficiency in digital signal processing Designers of DSP technology for the military are forced to weight the importance of size, weight, speed, power, and cost. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
June 2008
John McHale |
Curtiss-Wright Controls announces another VPX win Officials at Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing won their second military design-in of their VPX products for a U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems program application |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2010
John Keller |
Trends in microprocessors: high-end military embedded applications are beginning a shift to Intel When it comes to military embedded computing, basically only two microprocessor manufacturers slug it out for the lion's share of the defense and aerospace embedded computer market -- Freescale Semiconductor Inc. in Austin, Texas, and Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2010
John Keller |
Intel i7 microprocessor set to produce tectonic shift in industry The military embedded computer industry has been turning backflips since last month amidst the excitement surrounding the 7 Jan. introduction by microprocessor giant Intel Corp. of the latest versions of its Core i7, i5, and i3 processors at the International Consumer Electronics Show. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2008 |
Aitech Introduces C108 Rugged 6U VME Single-Board Computer for New and Legacy Applications The C108 provides numerous I/O capabilities for military embedded applications such as mission management computers, heads-up display controllers, and radar and sonar processors. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2005 |
CompactPCI Showing up More and More in Military Designs An interview with the president and chairman of an industry consortium that develops open computer standards for industrial control, instrumentation, military, and communications applications on the growth of the military electronics industry. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2010 |
6U VME Computer Boards Based on Freescale QorIQ P4080 Microprocessor Introduced by Curtiss-Wright The computer board provides as many as eight Power Architecture processor cores and data-path acceleration logic, as well as network and peripheral bus interfaces. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2009
John Keller |
Lost Opportunity for the VME Embedded Electronics Industry The VME embedded electronics industry may be throwing away an opportunity to unite behind a new generation of industry standards designed to help guide military and aerospace embedded computing designers into the future. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2007
John Keller |
Remembering Motorola Embedded Computing Motorola Inc. is selling its Embedded Communications Computing (ECC) business to Emerson Electric Co. to strengthen the company's position in the embedded computing industry. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2009
Courtney E. Howard |
Advanced Vetronics: Hit the Ground Running Industry heeds the warfighter's call for innovative, responsive, and reliable electronics in combat vehicles on the ground. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2009 |
Products ACT/Technico offers Gigabit Ethernet switches... Adimec offers 2-megapixel camera for unmanned vehicle applications... Aitech introduces Core 2 Duo-based single-board computer for use aboard UAVs... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2009 |
Single-Board Computer for 3U VPX Embedded Computing Introduced by GE Fanuc GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms is introducing the VPXcel3 SBC341 3U VPX rugged single-board computer for demanding military embedded systems, such as sophisticated processing and military communications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2008 |
VMETRO Introduces Freescale Power Architecture-Based Single-Board Computers The MPE730 is designed for radar, sensor, and signal processing, and the SBC731 is designed for mission and control processing. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2006
John Keller |
VITA and VME technology mark 25-year milestone VITA will support the original VME concept and its enhancements while at the same time providing a pathway for future critical embedded system development. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
Courtney E. Howard |
By Land, by Sea, by Air: Rugged Computers Are Everywhere Military and aerospace organizations around the world tap novel rugged mobile computers for mission-critical applications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2005 |
VITA maps out future path for VMEbus technology Today, VITA's mission includes not only promoting VMEbus, but also promoting the very concept of open technology as embodied in the many standards currently under development within the VITA Standards Organization. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
John Long |
When High Performance Really Matters in Mil-Aero: A Comparison of ATCA and VPX Solutions ATCA systems are shipping in volume, while VPX is still overcoming interoperability issues. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2005
John Wemekamp |
The sea change to serial-switch fabrics As battlefield communications become increasingly distributed and network-centric, a sea change has begun in the design of embedded computing systems for defense and aerospace applications |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2009 |
Show Products Product highlights for the avionics and military shows in San Diego, June 1-2, 2009. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2006
John Keller |
The new breed of major systems integrators Industry consolidation in the printed circuit board business is creating what looks suspiciously like a new breed of major defense-systems integrators. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008 |
Curtiss-Wright announces rugged 3U VPX single-board computer The VPX3-127 3U VPX (VITA 46) single-board computer (SBC) is designed for space- and weight-constrained 3U embedded computing applications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2007 |
GE Fanuc Adopted Tundra Interconnect Bridge for Latest VME Release Engineers at GE Fanuc Embedded Systems needed an efficient interconnection to the VME backplane in the company's new V7865 Intel Dual Core single-board computer. They chose the new Tsi148 PCI/X-to-VME interconnect bridge from Tundra Semiconductor. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2004 |
New Products From the Show New products announced at the 2004 Military & Aeropspace Electronics Show: 3U conduction-cooled CompactPCI single-board computer... Multimedia PMC graphics board... IEEE-1394a&b/FireWire VME board... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2009 |
Northrop Grumman Orders GE Fanuc SIGINT CPU Board for Embedded Systems GE Fanuc won an order from Northrop Grumman for systems with GE Fanuc's CL11 single-board computers and ICS-1555A high-speed A/D converter PMC card modules. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2008
John McHale |
Embedded Computing Specialist Curtiss-Wright to Acquire VMETRO The acquisition would make the Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC) division even more of a giant in the defense embedded electronics market. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2007 |
GE Fanuc Embedded Announces PPC9A 6U VME Single-Board Computer At the heart of the PPC9A is Freescale's latest PowerPC processor, the dual-core 8641D operating at 1.3 GHz. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008
John Keller |
Military VME Market Depends Increasingly on Systems Upgrades and Technology Refresh In 2008, military systems integrators will upgrade existing electronic systems more than ever before, and VME embedded computers will play a big role. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2008 |
GE Fanuc Introduces 6U VXS Quad 8641/8641d Multicomputer The DSP220 has already been selected for several major international military programs, company officials say. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2008 |
GE Fanuc Introduces Intel Quad-Core LV Xeon V7812 6U VME Single-Board Computer The CPU boards use the newly-announced Intel 5100 MCH (memory controller hub) chipset, as well as AMD's Unified Shader Architecture for advanced vertex and pixel processing in embedded graphics applications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
April 2009
John Keller |
Embedded Computer Industry Divided Over How to Proceed with VPX High-Speed Serial Bus Standards The high-performance embedded computer industry is fracturing into competing camps for defining a specification for system-level VPX interoperability. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2008 |
Products Martek Power offers high-power, multichannel power modules... Aeroflex offers Battery Electronic Unit family of Li-Ion cell balancing products... Elmo offers board-mounted servo drive with 5 kilowatts continuous power... etc. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010 |
VPX Computer Boards for Defense and Aerospace Embedded Computing Introduced by Concurrent Concurrent Technologies is introducing 3U VPX-REDI computer boards called the TR 501/36x for defense, aerospace, and security applications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2008 |
Kontron introduces embedded PC computer module with Intel Core 2 Duo The VPX3-127 3U VPX (VITA 46) single-board computer is designed for space- and weight-constrained 3U embedded computing applications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
August 2009 |
Curtiss-Wright Offers 3U VPX Single-Board Computer for Rugged Embedded Systems System integrators can use the Xilinx Virtex-5 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in a small form factor embedded system powered with a high-performance Power Architecture general-purpose processor. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2008
Courtney E. Howard |
A Voracious Need for Vectronics Military end users have an increasing demand for computing and networking performance in packages that are ever smaller, lighter, and more power efficient |
