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Optimizing AI-transportable compute architectures - Blog
July 30, 2021By Braden Cooper, One Stop Systems
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the military electronics industry is growing at a surreal rate. Recent innovations in various fields have coincided to bring the most powerful advancements in computing, sensor technology, and software to mission-critical scenarios. Just as GPUs continue to outpace Moore’s law in terms of raw compute power, new sensor and networking interfaces bring larger and larger data sets in need of computing. These new technologies provide a key opportunity to bring the power of commercial and scientific AI advancements to military-transportable installations. The primary distinctions (and obstacles) between civilian data center-type AI applications and military-transportable deployments are the environmental, power, and security requirements of the missions.
Kill Web technology update - Blog
June 30, 2021WARFARE EVOLUTION BLOG: There’s been a number of advancements in technology going into the Kill Web lately but none of them, individually, would warrant a focused article unless I overhyped their potential, wildly speculated about their capabilities, or just made-up some stuff. That approach could seriously jeopardize my standing as an amateur blogger and irritate my publisher. So, let’s avoid that possibility and briefly cover a few of the developments here.
GIVING BACK: Headstrong - Blog
June 14, 2021Each issue, the editorial staff of Military Embedded Systems will highlight a different charitable organization that benefits the military, veterans, and their families. We are honored to cover the technology that protects those who protect us every day. To back that up, our parent company – OpenSystems Media – will make a donation to every group we showcase on this page.
Disaggregation and the Kill Web - Blog
May 26, 2021WARFARE EVOLUTION BLOG. In my previous articles, I may have left the impression that with the technology we have today, hooking all ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and weapons systems together into a seamless, multi-service, multi-domain battle network should be straightforward. Technologically, it is achievable. But operationally, there are serious complex trade-offs that make the decisions difficult. Let’s look at a few of them here, so you have a better idea why building the Kill Web will take some time, lots of testing, and continuous updates to make it function properly.
Changing at the right time makes all the difference - Blog
May 07, 2021(This column originally ran in Military Embedded Systems’ associated publication, PC104 and Small Form Factors.)
Navy’s unmanned campaign: Looking for partners - Blog
April 28, 2021By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF Ret.)
The Department of the Navy (DoN) plans to make some waves in the battle for limited resources. In over a thousand multiservice entries spanning all unmanned systems domains across the Department of Defense (DoD) in the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Congress primarily funded the air domain. The DoN response to the maritime hit: a rallying cry to roll the entire air, sea, ground, and manned/unmanned enterprise together to create an affordable, integrated, lethal, scalable, survivable and connected force. It’s called the Unmanned Campaign Framework.
How collaboration can lower the barrier of entry to DoD business - Blog
April 16, 2021By Paul Meyer, Vice President, Raytheon Intelligence & Space
In a recent congressional testimony, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks stated that as the United States faces growing security challenges, acquisitions of new technology should “increase warfighting effectiveness, enhance resilience, leverage commercial technology and innovation, and rapidly respond to future threats. Hicks also called on the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to seek “interorganizational collaboration” to address such challenges, while expressing concern regarding the barriers to entry for technology companies that want to do business with DoD.
Giving Back -- ThanksUSA - Blog
March 09, 2021Each issue, the editorial staff of Military Embedded Systems will highlight a different charitable organization that benefits the military, veterans, and their families. We are honored to cover the technology that protects those who protect us every day. To back that up, our parent company – OpenSystems Media – will make a donation to every group we showcase on this page.
"Kill TV," decision science, AI, and the Kill Web - Blog
February 25, 2021WARFARE EVOLUTION BLOG. During the night of 7 October 2001, [Central Intelligence Agency] CIA-controlled Predator drone 3034 was flying over a mud-walled compound in Afghanistan, the suspected hideout of Taliban leader Mullah Omar. The infrared (IR) sensors picked-up heat signatures from three vehicles and a motorcycle leaving and heading toward Kandahar. The drone pilot, and the weapons officer controlling the two on-board Hellfire missiles, were sitting in a trailer on the grounds of CIA-headquarters (HQ) in Langley, Virginia. The video images from the Predator were being streamed, via satellite links, to the big flat-screen TVs at Langley, to the offices of military brass at the Pentagon, General Franks' office at central command (CENTCOM) in Tampa, Florida, to the offices of General Deptula in Qatar (who was controlling Air Force fighter planes and bombers over Afghanistan), and the office of General Jumper, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. Ordinary soldiers call this video network "Kill TV," for reasons that will become obvious.
Virtual ETT: Familiar faces, SOSA, VPX - Blog
February 16, 2021Shared perspectives from embedded COTS suppliers at the annual Embedded Tech Trends (ETT) conference and networking event typically flavor my January/February column each year. Back-to-back twenty-minute press briefings in three-hour periods not only provide column fodder but also help us plan editorial contributions for the coming year.
Giving Back -- Purple Heart Homes - Blog
February 04, 2021Each issue, the editorial staff of Military Embedded Systems will highlight a different charitable organization that benefits the military, veterans, and their families. We are honored to cover the technology that protects those who protect us every day. To back that up, our parent company – OpenSystems Media – will make a donation to every group we showcase on this page.
GUEST BLOG: What’s the difference between IFF and Micro IFF? - Blog
January 13, 2021By Dr. Jim Davis, uAvionix
The Fog of War: When opposing forces battle for domination, battlefield loss is always a concern. Sometimes it arises as intended from enemy action. Another kind of attrition, though, might be described as “collateral damage” or “fratricide,” when one side mistakenly kills or destroys one of its own. Fratricide arises from a variety of causes, among them loss of situational awareness, an unexpected encounter where rapid identification is not possible, or simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Top 10 military embedded blogs of 2020 - Blog
December 22, 2020SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Our most popular blogs on MilitaryEmbedded.com from 2020 covered topics by guest bloggers from VITA, Crystal Group, Winmate, Curtiss-Wright, and Advantech on subjects such as 6G -stealth fighter planes, hardware security trust, UFOs, rugged tablets, tensors, unmanned fighter jets, small form factors, the kill web and more. Check them out below.
Cloud computing, supercomputers, black boxes, and the Kill Web - Blog
November 30, 2020WARFARE EVOLUTION BLOG. Back in 1991, U.S. and coalition forces decimated the Iraqi Army in 42 days during Operation Desert Storm. At the time, Iraq had the world’s fifth largest army. Can we do better than 42 days in the future? Yes, with the help of cloud computing and a supercomputer.
Unmanned
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MOSA systems: The benefits of deploying a datacentric architecture
March 21, 2023
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Lower-SWaP LOS radios help secure battlefields
March 21, 2023
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Hypersonic vehicle to be provided to DoD by Hypersonix
March 17, 2023
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How innovative technologies and a layered approach can make C-UAS solutions more effective
March 17, 2023
Radar/EW
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AEW&C aircraft to be provided to South Korea under new agreement
March 22, 2023
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CAES sends MOSA-aligned converter to USAF open-architecture demo
March 22, 2023
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Multi-role ESA radar for U.S. Air Force E-7 aircraft to be provided by Northrop Grumman
March 21, 2023
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Marotta Controls Named a "Top Workplace" in New Jersey for 2023
March 16, 2023
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Drones to conduct AI-powered ship inspections for Royal Canadian Navy
March 17, 2023
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AI-powered headsets to be provided to European army by Invisio
February 28, 2023
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AI-enabled software tests autonomous navigation for future Navy USVs
February 28, 2023
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Naval exercise integrates AI and unmanned technology
February 21, 2023
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Virtual training & simulation for military will grow as cost, collaboration emphasized
March 21, 2023
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Cybersecurity and semiconductors initial focus for CHIPS Act projects
March 15, 2023
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GUEST BLOG: As wiper threats rise, governments need better coordination, planning, and data sharing
March 14, 2023
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Software solution for battlefield airspace planning tested by DARPA, services
February 24, 2023