Unmanned - Rugged Computing

GUEST BLOG: Military vehicle design in the age of drone warfare

March 11, 2026

Modern light military vehicles were originally engineered with off-road mobility and protection against ground-based threats as their primary purpose. As the war in Ukraine has demonstrated, however, the battlefield is rapidly changing.

Unmanned - Rugged Computing

GUEST BLOG: Military vehicle design in the age of drone warfare

The crossroads of LRU and military-grade solutions in modern UAV design

MOSA becoming the go-to-market path for defense suppliers, experts say

TEWS Technologies releases VNX+ carrier board for use with QMC modules

Uncrewed aircraft system tested in Arctic NATO exercise by Shield AI

All-in-one X-band front-end integrated circuit introduced by Analog Devices

Rugged computing provider Getac Technology will show solutions at WEST 2026

Achieving high-reliability standards: best practices for adopting JANP-qualified components

Uncrewed surface vessel project gets NATO green light

3U VPX compute board with Intel Xeon 6 processor introduced by Concurrent

Command and control prototype demonstrated during U.S. Army exercise by Lockheed Martin

Autonomous "Grand Challenge" program from DARPA reaching endpoint

A Practical Guide to Deploying Rugged Computing Solutions in Harsh Environments

MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones to be bought by Germany

Precision MEMS inertial measurement units introduced by Analog Devices

New Ruggedized NI E320 Software Defined Radio is IP67 Weatherproof

Mission computing systems to be delivered for unspecified ground vehicle modernization effort by Spectra

2-6 GHz gallium nitride power amplifier introduced by Analog Devices

Company's open-systems hub aims to simplify VPX sourcing for defense designers

Wideband RF transceiver card targeting multi-mission EW payloads showcased at AOC 2025

Loitering munition systems for Marine Corps to be supplied by Teledyne FLIR

Generative AI, cognitive electronic warfare to anchor technical track at AOC 2025

GaN power amplifier for electronic warfare systems released by Analog Devices

EDA project to reduce noise from autonomous underwater vehicles

Littelfuse Expands X4-Class Portfolio with 200 V, 480 A Ultra-Junction MOSFET in SMPD-X Package

Airborne early warning demonstration planned on MQ-9B in 2026

Thermal imaging core introduced by MKU for multi-platform defense systems

Radio-frequency adaptive SoC now shipping for radar and emso by AMD

Autonomous AI robotics subsidiary launched by Circus for defense applications

New Wave Design Unveils the V3211: Small Form Factor (SFF) SOM Powered by AMD’s Versal AI Edge Gen 2 Adaptive SoC

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Avionics

Heads-up displays to be supplied for U.S. Army rotorcraft by Elbit America

Unmanned

Drone manufacturer Empirical Systems Aerospace acquired by AeroVironment

Radar/EW

MOSA for Defense and Warfare Summit to address open systems approach for military

Comms

Satellite firm to participate in European VLEO military satellite project