WARFARE EVOLUTION BLOG. In previous episodes, we explored the two largest military platform markets: ground combat vehicles and tanks, and fighter planes and bombers. This time, we’ll take a look at the third market for big iron: warships and submarines. I’m going to throw a lot of numbers around in this composition but don’t take them as absolute. Warships sink all the time (Ukraine has sunk or damaged 17 Russian ships in the war so far), and shipyards are launching a new warship now and then. So, look at these numbers as estimates. Let’s start from the top.
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GIVING BACK: Hope for The Warriors - Blog
November 21, 2023Each issue, the editorial staff of Military Embedded Systems will highlight a different organization that benefits the military, veterans, and their families. We are honored to cover the technology that protects those who protect us every day.
GUEST BLOG: Navigating modern warfare: PNT beyond GPS - Blog
November 21, 2023The issue of position, navigation, and timing (PNT) plays a pivotal role in the effectiveness and precision of modern weapons systems, making PNT indispensable in contemporary warfare.
GUEST BLOG: Enabling warfighter collaboration with cross-domain solutions - Blog
October 12, 2023Last year, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) declared integrated deterrence one of its key themes. In the simplest terms, integrated deterrence refers to the DoD’s ability to share information seamlessly between branches, allies, partners, and classification levels.
DSEI busy place for embedded electronics companies - Blog
September 15, 2023LONDON. It's been four years since I was last here, having missed the first event post-COVID in 2021, but I found this year’s DSEI the best one I’ve attended in terms of activity among embedded electronics suppliers, success in terms of our daily newsletter from the show, and the most smooth experience I’ve ever had in terms of getting to and from the show each day.
FACE and MOSA gaining traction across the Atlantic - Blog
September 14, 2023LONDON. Many questions on open architecture initiatives and the Department of Defense (DoD) modular open systems approach (MOSA) mandate were being floated to U.S. embedded hardware and software suppliers at DSEI in London this week. So, over dinner last night, I asked Chip Downing, Outreach Committee Co-chair of the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Consortium and Senior Market Development Director for Aerospace and Defense at RTI, what type of open architecture strategies are being pursued by European defense departments and if the U.S initiatives like FACE influenced those efforts.
DSEI Day 2: MOSA, SOSA of interest to U.K. and European defense integrators - Blog
September 13, 2023LONDON. Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Consortium members exhibiting at DSEI 2023 tell me there is considerable interest in the SOSA Technical Standard and in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) modular open systems approach (MOSA) even if there is not an official MOSA mandate like the one from the DoD.
DSEI Day 1: Open architectures, Poland defense investment - Blog
September 12, 2023I spent my first day touring the USA pavilion at DSEI 2023 in London. It’s my first time back to this massive show in four years; I saw many familiar faces and technologies from U.S. defense electronic suppliers, from connectors and signal-processing solutions to avionics boxes and rugged servers. Many companies are also showcasing and demonstrating their open-architecture designs.
GIVING BACK: Military Women’s Memorial - Blog
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The future of Special Operations technology as seen at SOF Week 2023 - Blog
September 08, 2023Walking through the corridors of the Tampa Convention Center at SOF Week earlier this year, you couldn’t escape the palpable buzz of innovation. This annual gathering serves as a launchpad for technologies that could potentially shape the future of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and other governmental bodies.
GUEST BLOG: From evangelism to mandate: the rise of MOSA - Blog
September 07, 2023For many COTS [commercial off-the-shelf] vendors and VITA members, the Tri-Service Memo issued in January 2019 by the secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force was the highest validation of several decades of their combined efforts.
GUEST BLOG: The future of defense digital transformation - Blog
September 07, 2023Hybrid artificial intelligence (AI) systems supply the ability to perform accurate prediction and prescription across a wide range of military use cases. In particular, hybrid AI can enable more effective asset management when other methods fail.
GUEST BLOG: Command and control in the Gray Zone - Blog
September 07, 2023From the Cold War period (1945-1989) through present-day globalization, the importance of maintaining reliable security coalitions and positive international relationships cannot be overstated. As modern-day warfare relies on technology for achieving military readiness and strength, collaborating on interoperable technological advancements remains an enduring mission for the U.S. and its coalition partners.
The global market for fighter planes and bombers - Blog
August 30, 2023WARFARE EVOLUTION BLOG. Last time, we looked at the market for ground combat vehicles and tanks. Now, it’s time to look at the second largest volume platform market in the military: fighter planes and bombers. Let’s start at the top. According to Flight Global, there were about 53,250 military aircraft in the world in 2021. The U.S. flies about 25% of that total (13,250), Russia flies 8% (4,170), and China flies 6% (3,280). This includes fighters, bombers, tankers, cargo planes, ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) planes, and helicopters. Keep in mind that these numbers move around. Military aircraft crash all the time, and Russia has lost about 175 aircraft in Ukraine in 16 months.
GUEST BLOG: Achieving RF spectrum overmatch - Blog
August 18, 2023Secure and protected tactical communication solutions are empowering the warfighter to achieve mission objectives, even as they come under electronic attack. As the modern electromagnetic battlespace rapidly evolves, the stakes for robust and resilient tactical communications networks across mission-critical defense applications have never been higher. As near-peer adversaries continue to develop and deploy advanced electronic warfare (EW) capabilities, traditional radio systems have struggled to adapt to these new and unique operational challenges. In the future fight, the warfighter’s ability to operate in congested and contested radio frequency (RF) spectrum environments and persist in the presence of adversarial jamming and interference has emerged as a critical need.
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Rugged mission displays for surveillance applications
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Software warranties -- A new era?
September 23, 2009
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Solving the processor challenges for safety-critical software
October 12, 2011
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Remote test equipment solves problems in avionics bus systems
June 24, 2008
Unmanned
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COM Express enables application-specific data acquisition systems
October 12, 2011
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Enhanced Full-Motion Video advances military UAS surveillance - Multistream image processing and routing in real time
October 06, 2010
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COTS vendors, while concerned about extensive DoD budget cuts, see opportunities for retrofits, unmanned systems
October 12, 2011
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Deploying ruggedized platforms for unmanned vehicles
June 20, 2011
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Open standards ease Multi-Level Security (MLS) systems integration
July 27, 2011
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Domain-specific property checking with advanced static analysis
February 17, 2011
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Should we put up with software that doesn't work?
September 02, 2011
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Protecting integrated circuits from silicon Trojan horses
February 10, 2009
Comms
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DNA protects electrical components against counterfeiting
June 16, 2011
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OtterBox arms the military with rugged technology
February 18, 2009
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Navy's NMCI network speeds warfighter's chance to get inside the adversary's OODA loop: An exclusive interview with HP's Bill Toti,
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Obsolescence management: Another perspective
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