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Comms

CompactPCI multi-display controller with AMD Radeon GPU tech announced by MEN Mikro - News

March 01, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems MEN Mikro Elektronik

NUREMBERG, Germany. A new 3U CompactPC multi-display controller -- the G214 -- that can manage six displays simultaneously was announced by officials at MEN Mikro Elektronik Gmbh at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany this week. The new device leverages the AMD Radeon E6760 General Purpose Processor (GPU) running at 600 megahertz.

Comms

Com Express carrier board with PC/104 expansion bus released by Connect Tech - News

March 01, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Connect Tech, Inc.

NUREMBERG, Germany. Engineers at Connect Tech released the Com Express Carrier, a carrier board for small form factor applications that has expansion capability for PC/104 and PC/104-Express. Connect Tech announced the board this week at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany.

Avionics

Requirements traceability tasks automated with test management extension from Visure - News

February 29, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Visure Solutions

NUREMBERG, Germany. Engineers at Visure Solutions in Madrid, Spain integrated test management into its new IRQA requirements engineering tool. The new feature enables validation of requirements for safety-critical software designers involved in military and commercial avionics DO-178B certification and other mission-critical applications. The IRQA tool automates requirements traceability with tests that provide proof points necessary for regulatory certification. Visure is demonstrating their Test Management Extension in Hall 4, Stand 418 at Embedded World this week.

Comms

SymTA/S 3.1 and TraceAnalyzer 3.1 announced by Symtavision - News

February 29, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Symtavision

NUREMBERG, Germany. Engineers at Symtavision announced at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany the latest versions of their SymTA/S 3.1 and TraceAnalyzer 3.1 tools for verifying, optimizing and planning embedded real-time systems.

Avionics

PikeOS RTOS 3.3 update announced by SYSGO - News

February 28, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems SYSGO

NUREMBERG, Germany. Engineers at SYSGO released the latest version of their PikeOS Real-Time-Operating System (RTOS) ? version 3.3 ? at the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany today. The latest update enables SMP and Linux support toward multi-core architectures. It also has a new certifiable file system, performance improvements, certifiable IP stack, and other tool improvements.

Comms

British army Scout Specialist Vehicle program to run INTEGRITY RTOS from Green Hills Software - News

February 28, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Green Hills Software, Inc.

NUREMBERG, Germany. Officials at General Dynamics UK selected the INTEGRITY Real-Time-Operating-System (RTOS) from Green Hills Software in Santa Barbara, Calif., as the operating system software for all mission-critical computers within the Scout Specialist Vehicles (SV) program. Green Hills officials made the announcement at the Embedded World show this week in Nuremberg, Germany.

Radar/EW

System synchronization and distribution devices for phased array radar applications released by Pentek - News

February 28, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Pentek, now part of Mercury

NUREMBERG, GERMANY. Engineers at Pentek in Upper Saddle River, N.J. announced two new high-speed system synchronization and distribution devices for phased array radar, direction finding, and beamforming antenna applications at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany. The Pentek Model 7192 PMC/XMC module and the Model 9192 rack-mount unit, respectively, will work with multiple Pentek Virtex-6-based Cobalt and Pentek Virtex-7-based Onyx modules at clock rates as fast as 1.8 GHz and sample rates up to 3.6 GHz.

Comms

Air Force satellite terminal system from Raytheon gets Milestone C award - News

February 28, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Raytheon Company

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. A Raytheon-designed satellite terminal system for U.S. Air Force protected communications ? the Minuteman Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network Program Upgrade (MMPU) -- acquired a Milestone C decision and production award.

Comms

Android-based rugged handheld computer announced by DRS Technologies - News

February 27, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems DRS Technologies

PARSIPPANY, NJ. Engineers at the Tactical Systems division of DRS Technologies launched a new rugged handheld computer line, dubbed Scorpion, for use by U.S. warfighters to use in dismounted command and control operations. The Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) device runs the Android operating system and interfaces with warfighter tactical radios.

Avionics

AFDX software from SYSGO licensed by EADS/Airbus - News

February 24, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems SYSGO

MAINZ, Germany. EADS/Airbus officials licensed SYSGO to be their supplier of Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) software. AFDX delivers bandwidth and secure communications for avionics systems.

Radar/EW

Foliage-penetrating reconnaissance radar to support counter-terrorism operations - News

February 24, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. A foliage-penetrating radar designed by Lockheed Martin engineers will be deployed to the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) for counter-terrorism as well as disaster relief and humanitarian missions.

Comms

Warfighters get connected to tactical cloud via Harris network - News

February 23, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Harris Corporation

MELBOURNE, Fla. Engineers at Harris Corp. released anew networking system -- the Harris Falcon ? that will connect warfighters in the battlefield over wideband tactical and cellular networks to a tactical cloud to enable secure transfer command and control video, data, and other applications.

Radar/EW

Due Regard Radar from General Atomics tested on manned aircraft - News

February 22, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

SAN DIEGO. Engineers at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) in San Diego tested a prototype of its Due Regard Radar on a manned aircraft. The radar, internally funded by GA-ASI, supports the company?s Predator B Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) radar-based airborne sense-and-avoid architecture.

Avionics

F-35A completes test with external weapons - News

February 21, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems Lockheed Martin

FORT WORTH, Texas. The F-35A Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) fighter jet?s first flew its first external weapons test mission at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.

Comms

MUOS-based communications demonstrated on JTRS manpack radio - News

February 21, 2012

John M. McHale III - Editorial Director, Military Embedded Systems General Dynamics

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Engineers at General Dynamics C4 Systems completed the first secure voice and data communications demonstration via the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite-communications waveform. The demo used the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Handheld, Manpack, Small Form Fit (HMS) two-channel networking radio (AN/PRC-155).