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Open architecture and reuse initiatives make economic sense - Story

March 06, 2017

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

I'm often preaching in this space about how the demand for commonality is driving procurement and technology development within the Department of Defense (DoD), a demand brought on by the DoD budget cuts the last few years and sequestration. Now, with budget increases promised by the Trump administration, I see the demand only growing because it just makes good business sense; I also see a number of initiatives currently pushing for more open architectures and technology reuse across multiple platforms.

Comms

The key to preparing vehicles for A-PNT - Blog

February 27, 2017

Alan Simmonds Themis Computer

A-PNT, or assured position, navigation, and timing, is a relatively new buzz phrase in military navigation systems. It enhances existing selective availability anti-spoofing module (SAASM) GPS navigational technologies (which are already immune to spoofing) with other PNT methods that are not susceptible to signal loss, jamming or satellite destruction. A-PNT?s lofty goal is to give soldiers the ability to identify and communicate accurate location, course, and time without countermeasure interference.

Radar/EW

Low-latency processing, open architectures key for smarter radar/EW systems - Story

February 09, 2017

Mariana Iriarte - Technology Editor, Military Embedded Systems

System-performance requirements and open architectures are driving development of smarter radar and electronic warfare (EW) systems. For EW systems, low-latency processing is a key requirement.

Radar/EW

Common standards, 3U VPX, open architecture initiatives flavor ETT conference - Story

January 31, 2017

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

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 the use of board-level open standards by the military and trends emerging from the Embedded Tech Trends conference held last week in New Orleans.

Comms

Army procurement and COTS - Story

October 31, 2016

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

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 technology and market trends in the U.S. Army sector with exhibitors from the Association of the U.S. Army?s (AUSA) Annual Meeting held earlier this month in Washington. They cover Army unmanned system trends, the service?s approach to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) procurement, market performance, and other trends.