Military Embedded Systems

ETHERNET EVERYWHERE BLOG. At MilSource, our technical team often get questions on how to more easily manage the “networks” now living and communicating on every mobile military vehicle. Implementation teams and integrators are faced with the daunting task of managing hundreds of networks that are the same set of devices just repeated in every mobile vehicle.

LOS ANGELES – September 9, 2020 –MilSource announced today the availability of Techaya’s MILTECH 9116rugged 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch/router. Addressing the cost and roll-out constraints of fiber optics in mobile military networks requiring 10 GbE connections, the compact MILTECH 9116 provides a unique design that supports 12 x 10 GbE copper ports bound in three connectors and 4 x 10 GbE fiber ports through two rugged, MIL-DTL 83526/20 & /21 TacBeam connectors.

ETHERNET EVERYWHERE BLOG. Because customers need to simplify and economize on space, many networking companies are being asked to move beyond traditional networks and look at ways to combine networking and power management. You’ve got devices that need to share data, but they also need to be powered.  If you are looking at a mobile military platform, Power over Ethernet (PoE) simplifies cabling and reduces the number of devices needed on a platform.

ETHERNET EVERYWHERE BLOG. Today we are going to discuss timing and synchronization of devices on an Ethernet network. Synchronization of packet cadence is necessary for time-sensitive applications work like they’re supposed to.

Looking back on our top 15 read stories since 2010, seeing what topics and authors have trended well through the past decade, was a fun little exercise. No surprise, our most-read guest blogger, Ray Alderman, Chairman of the Board at VITA, dominates the list with five entires of his Warfare Evolution Blog, while articles and news on FPGAs, GPS jamming, and EMP weapons flavored the top of the list. Another guest blogger, Ronen Isaac of Milsource, placed two entries in the top 15 with his Ethernet Everywhere Blog. Check them our below.

Our most popular blogs, and guest blogs on Mil-Embedded.com from 2019 covered artificial intelligence, hypersonic weapons, battlefield healthcare, the kill web, supply chain security, Ethernet, software integrity, and more. Our guest blogs were penned by authors from VITA, Apex Waves, Abaco Systems, Milsource, and Red Hat. Check them out below.

ETHERNET EVERYWHERE BLOG: Adding or enhancing new command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) and electronic warfare (EW) technologies in armed forces? tactical ground vehicles has historically been done through a ?bolt-on? approach. Communications systems have traditionally been independent, siloed systems that lacked integration, futureproofing and as importantly, economies of size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C).

AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019--CHICAGO. MilSource is launching Techaya?s MILTECH 24FO at AUVSI XPONENTIAL; the fiber-optic-enabled Ethernet switch offers as many as 24 ports in an approximate 8? x 4? x 2? footprint. The part is aimed at use in radar installations, electro-optic sensor suites, persistent wide-area surveillance, and signal-intelligence applications.

ETHERNET EVERYWHERE BLOG: In all mobile military and airborne platforms, the transition from mechanical systems to electronically controlled systems is taking place. As the electronics content continues to grow, so do the processing loads that happen on every platform. Embedded computers are rising in sophistication as they need to support sensors, radar, video streams, and remote-control functions. Distributed processing, the interconnection of devices, and communication between devices has led to an exponential jump in bandwidth requirements on the interconnects between these devices. Traditional protocols like IEEE 1394 and USB still have legacy applications on these platforms, but most new platforms and platform retrofits are turning to Ethernet as their de facto communications protocol, supporting 1 Gbps in most platforms and growing to 10 Gbps in certain payloads.