Military Embedded Systems

Webcast Archive

Sponsored by: CES, Curtiss-Wright, VadaTech
May 21, 2015 2PM EDT (8 years, 11 months ago)
Military flight computers, vetronics systems, unmanned system payloads, missile systems, GPS devices, radios, etc., are all trending smaller. As a result military program managers are creating more stringent size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements for every system. While each generation of moder...
Sponsored by: RTI
May 19, 2015 1PM EDT (8 years, 11 months ago)
The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) technical and business standards are driving new efficiencies in avionics platforms.  FACE enables platform integrators to rapidly assemble best-of-breed technologies with commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components that have proven safety certificat...
Sponsored by: Wind River
May 07, 2015 2PM EDT (8 years, 11 months ago)
Multi-core processors open up a new realm of possibilities for increased performance and reduced size, weight and power. But, multi-core design has pitfalls and risks that must be addressed, and getting a multi-core avionics system certified is a major challenge. In this webinar, Kevin Jonestrask di...
Sponsored by: Curtiss-Wright, Mercury, Pentek
Apr 30, 2015 11AM EDT (8 years, 11 months ago)
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) are disruptive to the enemy just because they carry bombs, but also because of the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) their payloads provide to battlefield commanders. Many of these payloads are multi-mission, carrying sensors for radar, signals int...
Sponsored by: GE Intelligent Platforms, North Atlantic Industries, Pentek, United Electronic Industries
Apr 21, 2015 11AM EDT (9 years ago)
It’s been more than 20 years since then U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry issued his famous – some say infamous – COTS memo, which ordered the Department of Defense to buy commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology wherever and whenever possible. Back then COTS was a four-letter word among many i...
Sponsored by: PrismTech
Apr 02, 2015 2PM EDT (9 years ago)
Much is being written that the biggest concerns related to enterprise and industry adoption of the IoT are data security and privacy. This e-cast will directly address those concerns and explain and demonstrate potential solutions. The Triple-A of security (Authentication, Authorization and Accoun...
Sponsored by: DDC-I, Vector Software
Mar 04, 2015 11AM EDT (9 years, 1 month ago)
DO-178C is now the standard for virtually all new software flying today. Developing DO-178C avionics software adds a significant effort over standard industry practices. Depending on a company’s current engineering processes, 20% - 70% extra effort to comply is not uncommon. Most of this work is no...
Sponsored by: Wind River
Mar 03, 2015 2PM EDT (9 years, 1 month ago)
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently published guidance on the usage of multi-core processor in airborne systems. Multi-core processors offer performance improvements, legacy software reuse, and cost savings through consolidation of multiple applications on a single silicon platfor...
Sponsored by: RTI
Jan 28, 2015 2PM EDT (9 years, 2 months ago)
Modern radar systems must keep up with a rapidly changing threat environment, readily adapt to new technologies and be developed with smaller budgets. How do you architect your future radar systems to meet these challenging requirements?
Sponsored by: Rogue Wave
Dec 10, 2014 11AM EDT (9 years, 4 months ago)
Developers in the automotive software supply chain are spending more time and effort -- and consequently money -- on the latter stages of development to get the product ready. These developers need to deliver code with less defects, applications secure from hacking vulnerabilities, and products that...
Sponsored by: AdaCore, DDC-I, IBM
Nov 19, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 5 months ago)
Safety certification for avionics hardware and software is an expensive, complicated process, but absolutely necessary to ensure safe skies for commercial aircraft passengers and military jets flying in the national airspace. Now unmanned aircraft flight critical electronics will also have to meet t...
Sponsored by: MontaVista Software
Oct 28, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 5 months ago)
The presentation will provide an overview of the containers-based virtualization technologies, especially the Docker project. These technologies provide lightweight virtualization-like functionality that can be used in many Cloud and Virtualization use-cases alongside or instead of a hypervisor solu...
Sponsored by: Vector Software, Polarion
Oct 23, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 6 months ago)
Software test needs and software requirements are often perceived as a balance of yin and yang, where software requirements are thought to be the “yin” to software testing’s “yang”. While traditional software engineering often separates the software requirements and testing processes, best-in-class...
Sponsored by: Wind River, Wibu Systems
Oct 21, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 6 months ago)
The pervasive connectivity of the Internet of Things (IoT) exposes embedded devices to more security risks than ever before. As a result, safeguarding devices, data, and intellectual property becomes a key requirement embedded device manufacturers must meet to succeed in IoT. Join Wind River® and Wi...
Sponsored by: RTI
Oct 16, 2014 11AM EDT (9 years, 6 months ago)
Unconventional resources challenge the oil industry. Exploration and development of new sources of oil and gas require new sensors, analytics and processes. These systems need some way to better connect, monitor, control and automate processes. Current technology just can't deliver quick, reliable,...
Sponsored by: Wind River
Oct 09, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 6 months ago)
What if your RTOS gave you more than just a kernel, basic set of middleware, drivers, and development tools?
Sponsored by: AdaCore, DDC-I
Oct 08, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 6 months ago)
Processor technology from ARM has become a game changer for multiple industries, delivering high-performance-per-watt processing and high levels of integration to enable system on a chip (SoC) capability in a low-power device. This combination has been ideal for small form factor systems in avionics...
Sponsored by: RTI
Sep 25, 2014 11AM EDT (9 years, 6 months ago)
The exciting potential of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is to create bold new intelligent machines and vast distributed systems. The IIoT will change the world across many industries. These applications define the future: renewable energy, cars that drive themselves, planes that fly thems...
Sponsored by: GE Intelligent Platforms, Pentek, Mercury Systems, Thermacore
Sep 11, 2014 1PM EDT (9 years, 7 months ago)
Gaining the tactical edge on the battlefield is becoming less about troop and tank deployments but more about who has the smartest sensors, best electronic warfare (EW) techniques, and the most accurate radar systems.
Sponsored by: Avnet, Texas Instruments
Sep 10, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 7 months ago)
Availability of low cost platforms for hobbyists and professional engineers alike have spurred a dramatic growth in innovation, software, and tools platforms for embedded systems. Open Source Projects and development tools are lining up to support a variety of DiY platforms. The DiY ecosystem enable...
Sponsored by: Esterel Technologies, IBM, LDRA, RTI
Sep 09, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 7 months ago)
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is beginning to open the national airspace unmanned aerial systems (UASs). The UAS commercial market is expected to some day dwarf what is already a multi-billion military marketplace for UAS technology. However, before that happens rules and r...
Sponsored by: IBM
Sep 09, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 7 months ago)
How much thought are you putting into your software release and deployment process? For companies taking an ad-hoc approach this process may be risking their company's future. A process that is prone to error, doesn't securely store artifacts needed for traceability, and is unable to reproduce and t...
Sponsored by: RTI
Aug 21, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 8 months ago)
Economic realities dictate that "new" distributed systems are almost never entirely new creations. Existing capabilities which cannot be readily duplicated at minimal cost are often necessary and even critical components of otherwise new systems. How we address achieving interoperability with these...
Sponsored by: LDRA, Polarion
Jun 19, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 10 months ago)
Many of the safety standards specify a number of 'objectives' or 'requirements' that need to be met. We will discuss these objectives and look at various ways in which they can be implemented and documented as well as highlighting the processes, procedures, risks and tools used to achieve safety-cri...
Sponsored by: Curtiss-Wright, GE Intelligent Platforms, Pentek
May 28, 2014 2PM EDT (9 years, 10 months ago)
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) program managers want their intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) payloads to see further at lower weight and in more compact packages than previous designs. Multi-mission payloads involving radar, signals intelligence, multi-spectral, hyperspectral, an...