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Evolving Standards: How VITA and SOSA are Leading the Change

Dec 02, 2020 2:00PM EDT (3 years, 11 months ago)

With the rapid advancement of defense systems technology, new interconnect standards are enabling new possibilities for high-density, high-speed connections in harsh environments. This 60-minute webinar explores embedded computing industry trends, as well as new and upcoming standards for rugged int...

How To Enable the Intelligent Edge for Critical Avionics Software

Dec 01, 2020 11:00AM EDT (3 years, 11 months ago)

Modernization efforts that require consolidating multiple proven software systems onto a single intelligent edge platform are difficult. Fortunately, there are strategies that allow you to maintain your software integrity and partitioning while taking advantage of cutting edge software development t...

Introduction to the FACE Technical Standard

Nov 18, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years ago)

This webinar is suitable for all individuals and organizations that would like to know more about the FACE Technical Standard, including avionics program managers, airborne systems designers, avionics applications software developers, engineering managers, FACE software suppliers, and military avion...

Enabling Open Architectures in Military ISR, Radar, Electronic Warfare Systems

Nov 12, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years ago)

Experts from all three services -- Air Force, Army, and Navy -- are working together with industry to enable open architectures in intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), radar, and electronic warfare systems. Their efforts through initiatives such as the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (...

CSFC: Protecting Classified, Top Secret, and Secret Data Via Commercial Solution

Nov 04, 2020 11:00AM EDT (4 years ago)

Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) is part of the National Security Agency’s (NSA’s) commercial cybersecurity strategy to leverage commercial technology to protect national security systems. CSFC simultaneously implements two compliant commercial security components in a layered solution to...

Ready for Takeoff: Developing Avionics Targeting the DO-178C and FACE™ Technical Standard

Oct 27, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years ago)

This webinar will deliver an introduction to avionics safety standards, and specifically RTCA DO-178C for software. It will cover the required documents for achieving DO-178C safety certification and the challenges of creating commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) certification evidence for commercial av...

Implementing Edge Computing in Military Applications

Oct 22, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years ago)

The current and future trends that will have a positive effect on C5ISR capabilities in mission critical systems. With the advent of edge computing and the benefits of 5G it is understood that emerging networks and data fusion will revolutionize battlefield information. Artificial intelligence, mach...

Introduction to DO-178C and COTS Software Solutions

Oct 20, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years, 1 month ago)

Signal Integrity in Military Radar and Electronic Warfare Systems

Oct 08, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years, 1 month ago)

As military radar, signals intelligence (SIGINT) and electronic warfare systems get more complex so does the associated signal integrity challenges. These signal integrity concerns didn't even exist 10-15 years ago. Today as signal density for connectors continues to get tighter as footprints get sm...

Driving the Heat out of Embedded Military Systems: Reducing Thermals

Sep 15, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years, 2 months ago)

Radar, electronic warfare, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems all depend heavily on superior signal processing solutions that often leverage commercial processors, graphics processors, FPGAs, etc. These devices provide unprecedented performance but also create headaches...

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Military Systems

Jul 21, 2020 11:00AM EDT (4 years, 3 months ago)

Innovation in today's military systems -- whether flight systems, cybersecurity, electronic warfare, radar, etc. -- often comes from leveraging commercial technology. This is very true when it comes artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), game changers in many industries. Defense lea...

Reducing SWaP in Vetronics Applications: How CMOSS Enables SOSA

Jul 15, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years, 4 months ago)

The Army’s C4ISR/Electronic Warfare Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) initiative, launched by the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) C5ISR Center (formerly CERDEC), is a modular open systems architecture (MOSA) that essentially integrates multiple capabilities into one box for...

SOSA and VITA: Enabling Open Standards for Improved Capability

Jun 24, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years, 4 months ago)

Elements of the Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA) technical standard are leveraging standards developed by the VITA Standards Organization, specifically VITA 65, also known as OpenVPX. VITA has also become a participating member of the SOSA Consortium along with the Air Force, Army, and Navy. T...

Solving Big Data Challenges Through Signal Processing and AI Technology

Jun 16, 2020 11:00AM EDT (4 years, 5 months ago)

Thanks to modern sensors, networked communications, wearable computing today’s warfighter is inundated with data whether piloting a jet, performing Special Operations, or analyzing data from an unmanned aircraft’s ISR payload. To avoid being overwhelmed, they need the data to be filtered reliably, a...

FACE Technical Standard, Solving Portability and Affordability Challenges in Avionics

Jun 11, 2020 11:00AM EDT (4 years, 5 months ago)

FACE Technical Standard, Solving Portability and Affordability Challenges in Avionics. Currently about 70% to 90% of aircraft avionics capability is implemented in software. That level is unaffordable and unsustainable. The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Technical Standard was develop...

Reducing SWaP-C in Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems

May 20, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years, 6 months ago)

Reduced size, weight, and power - cost (SWaP-C) describe nearly every military program’s requirements for electronics — be they tech refreshes or new Radar designs. System integrators want solutions with increased performance, lower power, and lower costs and they want them in the same or smaller fo...

How SOSA Leverages OpenVPX Standards to Enable Interoperability in Radar, EW Systems

Apr 29, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years, 6 months ago)

The Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA) Consortium — led by the Air Force, Army, and Navy — reduces costs and development time by applying open-architecture principles in a practical and consensus-driven way for new C4ISR, radar, and electronic warfare platforms. The strong ecosystem behind VITA...

Hardware/Software Reuse Solutions for Modern Avionics Systems

Apr 01, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years, 7 months ago)

Modern and future avionics systems for commercial and military applications are based on open architectures and will be leveraging reuse of hardware and software elements via common interfaces for hardware and common application programming interfaces (APIs) for software. Driving this trend are Init...

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Security: The Next Imperative in Medical Systems

Mar 31, 2020 2:00PM EDT (4 years, 7 months ago)

The FDA is increasing its focus on cybersecurity in medical devices and hospital systems. At the same time, technical trends like IoT connectivity, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence are increasing the attack surface of these devices and systems. The medical industry is joining other indu...

Solving Multicore Processors CAST-32A Avionics Certification Challenges

Mar 12, 2020 11:00AM EDT (4 years, 8 months ago)

Certification authorities and industry suppliers have invested in numerous studies and discussions over recent years to identify the issues multicore processors pose for safety critical systems. Formalized positions of these efforts are the FAA CAST-32A Positioning Paper. The crux of this paper (r...

Managing Power and Connectivity in Directed Energy Weapons

Feb 20, 2020 11:00AM EDT (4 years, 9 months ago)

Once the realm of science fiction, directed energy weapons – laser, RF, sonic, etc. – are becoming a key element for military forces worldwide. They will be force multipliers on the battlefield, but they still present many technological hurdles for designers to overcome – especially with managing po...

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Modernizing Modeling, Simulation and Training (MS and T) Systems

Dec 18, 2019 11:00AM EDT (4 years, 11 months ago)

The modern field-training paradigm requires rapidly deployable, secure simulated environments. Modeling, Simulation, and Training (MS and T) systems need to be assembled and reconfigured in an agile manner from ready-made, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components with response times closely match...

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Air Force, Army, Navy Convergence on Military Open Architectures

Nov 14, 2019 11:00AM EDT (5 years ago)

The defense acquisition community is looking to reduce costs and development time via open-architecture principles in a practical and consensus-driven way with all three services Air Force, Army, and Navy working together. This tri-service convergence effort set itself up for success since it is dri...

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Reaching DAL A Certification for COTS Hardware, Software to DAL A

Oct 24, 2019 11:00AM EDT (5 years ago)

Designers of modern avionics systems are leveraging technology such as multicore, graphics processing, and other key commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies. The performance benefits these innovations bring to the flight deck are game changing, however challenges remain when it comes to the saf...

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Making it Cool: Solving Thermal Management Challenges in Military Electronics

Jul 18, 2019 11:00AM EDT (5 years, 4 months ago)

Modern processors, graphics processors, FPGAs, etc. provide untold performance benefits, but also generate excessive amounts of heat. Getting rid of this heat and keeping electronics cool is essential for designers of electronic warfare, radar, and other processing-intensive military applications. T...

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