SAN DIEGO. At the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) WEST 2017 conference, ZMicro officials announced the availability of its new Insight real-time video enhancement system. Engineers designed Insight - a rugged appliance - to improve live video visual clarity in ground control stations, airborne surveillance, and other intelligence, surveillance, reconnoissance (ISR) applications.

Every month the McHale Report will host an online roundtable with experts from the defense electronics industry ? from major prime contractors to defense component suppliers. Each roundtable will explore topics important to the military embedded electronics market. This month we discuss U.S. Navy COTS procurement trends and the buzz on the floor of the AFCEA West show in San Diego in February, which had a large contingent of Navy attendees.

Military personnel operating vehicles in extreme, heavy debris environments need ultra rugged displays to resist the elements.

SAN DIEGO. Z Microsystems is working with MEADS International to deliver its ZX rugged servers and workstations for the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).