Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components are being embraced so the technology can be serviced at the base instead of waiting for specialized parts or sending the system back state-side.

Curtiss-Wright wins multiple Best in Show Awards at the event.

These trends – performance and convergence – are two of the most significant factors influencing today’s COTS networking designs.

Mike Southworth explains how in recent years, fiber optics has lost its exclusivity in regards to 10 GbE support. Formerly limited to 1 Gbit speeds, copper is now a viable alternative to fiber for 10 GbE using MACsec encryption.

We look at how the availability of 10 GbE Layer 3 switch technology will help eliminate data bottlenecks by bringing enterprise-class networking to the warfighter.

There is significant commonality between unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and UUV environments with standard rugged military commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded solutions often applicable to both.

John McHale speaks to Mark Grovak from Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions on avionics data bus users demanding more reliability and flexibility.

We discuss the groundbreaking SWaP-C reduction for processor and network switch systems are enabling UAS and UGV platforms to expand their mission capabilities.