Real-time sensor processing is extremely important to Special Operations Forces (SOF). In this interview, Noah Donaldson, Chief Technical Officer, Annapolis Micro Systems, discusses how Direct RF processing, provides an ultra-wide bandwidth of over 30 gigahertz for SOF operators, enabling them to do different kinds of multifunction applications, such as electronic warfare, secure communications, radar, radar jamming, etc.

TAMPA, Florida. Annapolis Micro Systems displayed its WILDSTAR SAF2 Small Form Factor Module at SOF Week this week, with the company pitching the system as a portable, high-performance signal processing solution designed for special operations forces operating in austere environments.

The new WILDSTAR 3AE1 (WS3AEI) 3U OpenVPX FPGA Processor solution from Annapolis Micro Systems brings 40 GHz Ultra-Wideband Direct RF receiving, transmitting, and processing capability. It integrates one Altera Agilex 9 Direct RF-Series AGRW027 FPGA.

This week’s product, the Annapolis Micro Systems WILDSTAR 3AE1 (WS3AE1) 3U OpenVPX Direct RF, is 100 GbE-enabled and it leverages the processing and A/D & D/A converting power of an Intel Altera Agilex 9 MCP2 Direct RF-Series AGRW027 FPGA. Designed for mission-critical military sensor processing applications, the low-latency solution is aligned to the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Embedded computing provider Annapolis Micro Systems is hosting its 5^th Annual High-Performance Signal Processing & Embedded Computing Seminar and Open House at its Annapolis headquarters on May 5, 2026. The event is free and is now open for registration for all customers, partners, and prospects.

This week’s product, the Annapolis Micro Systems WILDSTAR 6U OpenVPX switch (WP6E10), is a rugged 6U board that provides switching between backplane slots of multiple channels of 100 Gb Ethernet. The switch is VITA 65-compliant and aligns with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard.

This week’s product, the Annapolis Micro Systems WILDSTAR 3U OpenVPX Ethernet/PCIe/LVDS Switch (WP3H20), is a rugged 3U board that provides 6.4Tb/s switching between backplane slots of multiple channels of 100Gb Ethernet, Gen 4 PCIe and/or LVDS. The switch is VITA 65 compliant and aligns with C5ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) and the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard.