Military Embedded Systems
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Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA), Unmanned Vehicles, and Trusted Computing

Today, with the increasing use of unmanned platforms to host intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance [ISR] sensor applications, system integrators need to ensure that the sensor systems and the critical data they collect and store are protected from falling into the wrong hands.

03/08/2022
Military Embedded Systems
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Unmanned ISR Payloads Leverage MOSA Designs

See more, detect more, and decode more – these are the primary requirements being asked of unmanned systems in the military, and proprietary hardware and software can make achieving those goals a challenge.

03/04/2022
military embedded systems
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Meeting Program Schedules in a Time of Supply-chain Uncertainty

These days, program managers are trying to figure out how best to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of supply-chain disruption, while protecting their customer’s program schedule and supporting the warfighter.

03/03/2022
Curtiss-Wright Announced as a Winner of U.S. Army xTechPlugfest Position, Navigation & Timing CMOSS Plugfest Competition
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Curtiss-Wright Announced as a Winner of U.S. Army xTechPlugfest Position, Navigation & Timing CMOSS Plugfest Competition

Curtiss-Wright awarded $20,000 prize money for successful demonstration of modular open system architecture-based PNT hardware solution

02/08/2022
military embedded systems
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SAVE this Space: Defining the C5ISR Space for Army Vehicles

To lower the cost and help speed the pace of technology upgrades for C5ISR [command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] systems on Army vehicles, the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Ground Combat Systems (GCS) has issued an Interface Description Document (IDD).

02/04/2022
Aerospace & Defense Technology
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What System Designers Should Know About MOSA Standards

In today’s technology-rich battlefield, new threats emerge and change quickly. Rapidly responding to new threats in this dynamic environment is one of the primary drivers behind the DoD mandate to adopt a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) for procurement across the Army, Air Force, and Navy.

02/01/2022
Military Embedded Systems
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CMOSS: Building-Block Architecture Brings Speed, Cost Benefits

The C4ISR/Electronic Warfare Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) enables engineers and developers of systems used by the warfighter to move toward much faster technology insertions and refreshes, with a corresponding reduction in long-term life cycle costs.

11/29/2021
Military & Aerospace Electronics
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Is Thermal Management up to the High-performance Computing Challenge?

Embedded computing designers squeeze the most out of conduction, convection, and liquid cooling, and look to the future of disaggregated architectures and 3D printing.

10/29/2021