Military Embedded Systems

WASHINGTON. Military Embedded Systems is pleased to announce the winners of its Best In Show awards at this week's Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual conference.

Kontron's Zack McGrath, product portfolio manager, talks with Tom Varcie of Military Embedded Systems and gives all the details.

Kontron, a leader in rugged embedded solutions, is proud to showcase our high-performance computing components and platforms for deployable defense applications at AUSA 2024 at booth #4032. For the first-time, we are featuring the Hartman Weiner chassis and power supply solutions under the Kontron name.

The Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard has made deployment of new electronic warfare (EW) solutions faster and more modular now that a standardized chassis hardware framework has been established. No longer will the entire EW system need to be captive to a single supplier. The latest technology can now be released into the field without the need for new program specifications. EW integrators and their suppliers can focus on their specific area of expertise among the major system component blocks: radio-frequency (RF) front end, digital processing, and algorithms. Platform re-use can be accomplished with one or more of these three major components upgraded to a new solution. Integrators can now provide focused refresh upgrades in a more timely fashion based on the advancements in just one of these areas, without waiting for a revision through an entirely new program.

This week’s product, the Abaco Systems SBC3901, is a 3U VPX single-board computer (SBC) that provides artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for autonomous and embedded edge computing systems. Built to meet MIL-STD-810 standards, the SBC3901 is designed for performance in extreme conditions for defense and aerospace applications like sensor fusion, robotics, and autonomous systems.

This week’s product, the Annapolis Micro Systems WILDSTAR SAF1 Small Form Factor Module (WSSAF1), is a Direct RF solution that integrates the Intel Altera Agilex 9 MCP1 Direct RF-Series field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The solution is deployed as a standalone unit for military edge applications close to the sensor and in other tight-envelope man-portable environments.

WATERLOO, Ontario. Pixus Technologies introduced new 1-slot 3U OpenVPX backplanes, including versions compatible with MultiGig RT3, the company announced in a statement.

This week’s product, the LCR Embedded Systems Dual Port Media Converter, is designed for rugged embedded computing systems that often require connection to 10G and 1000 Base-T external I/O. The new module is used when there is a need for media conversion from the Base-T to embedded KR and KX backplane signaling. The system targets defense applications with rugged ATR, 19 inch size, and custom VPX and systems aligned to the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Technical Standard.

WIRRAL, United Kingdom. Safety- and mission-critical software testing firm LDRA announced in a statement that it has joined the Sensor Open Systems Architecture, or SOSA, Consortium, The Open Group's vendor- and platform-agnostic forum for industry and government to collaboratively develop open standards and best practices.

This week’s product, the WOLF Advanced Technology VPX3U-AD5000E-CX7 (WOLF-153L) high-performance embedded computing (HPEC) module, leverages the NVIDIA RTX 5000 (AD103) GPU and also the NVIDIA ConnectX-7, which provides the module with up to 100 GbE Ethernet and a PCIe Gen4 switch. The VPX3U-AD5000E-CX7 module uses a WOLF chip-down design to provide NVIDIA’s technology on a rugged board for aerospace and defense applications. such as sensor processing and C5ISR [command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] systems.