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A Deep Look at the Pentagon's 2013 Budget Request for Electronics and Electro-optics Technologies

2012-04-16T16:15:18Z

John Keller, chief editor of Military & Aerospace Electronics, brings his 30-plus years of experience covering the aerospace and defense industry to this interactive Webcast May 2, 2012 as he dissects important segments of the U.S. Department of Defense proposed 2013 budget for the aerospace and defense industry.

Market segments to be covered in this Webcast include communications, electronics, telecommunications and intelligence (CET&I); unmanned vehicles; command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR); and lasers and directed-energy weapons.

Keller brings his intimate knowledge of the DOD budgeting process as he reveals 2013 spending proposals of most interest to the aerospace and defense industry.

Keller has been chief editor of Military & Aerospace Electronics since 1994, and before that was a defense correspondent in Washington for 10 years. He has covered defense issues for daily newspapers in Tennessee and Central California, where he covered the Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and the Night Stalkers of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Fort Campbell, as well as the U.S. Navy's Light Attack Wing Pacific at Lemoore Naval Air Station.

In addition to Military & Aerospace Electronics, his byline has appeared in Jane's Defence Weekly, Armed Force Journal, Interavia Aerospace Review, Jane's Airport Review, and a variety of business-to-business newsletters covering advanced military computing and C4ISR.

A Simulation Environment to Help Avionics Developers Meet DO-178C Objectives

2012-04-16T21:05:55Z

Join Wind River for an educational webinar on how avionics developers can take advantage of the power of Wind River Simics to meet new guidance published in DO-178C. Clearly, the historic methods of achieving compliance may no longer be acceptable as DO-178C requires more rigor in the areas of requirements and verification.

You will learn:

How nuances in DO-178C guidance may impact certification processes for avionics developers
Capability overview of the Simics full system simulation environment with highlights of unique capabilities relevant to addressing DO-178 objectives
Details on Simics features that transcend hardware test platform capabilities to solve more rigorous DO-178C verification requirements
How Simics can help developers standardize their processes and satisfy requirements-based testing, coverage analysis and robustness verification more easily

The VICTORY Standard and its Influence on Future Vetronics Architectures

2012-03-30T19:17:55Z

The U.S. Army's Vehicular Integration for C4ISR/EW Interoperability (VICTORY) standard seeks to move Army combat vehicle design from a bolt-on integration approach towards network-centric, systems-oriented design by defining standards for how combat vehicle displays, radios, computers, and sensors communicate with one another within the vehicles. The VICTORY standards program is part of an overall U.S. military initiative known as network-enabled operations, in which virtually every electronic signal, from targeting information, position reports, known and suspected enemy threats, and similar information can be placed on battlefield networks and shared among U.S. and allied combatants.

DO-178C: The Evolution of Software Technology in Safety

2011-12-14T03:48:22Z

Started in 1980, DO-178 is the document applied by the FAA as a guidance to determine if software will perform reliably in an airborne system. In 1985 DO-178A was released and then DO-178B in 1992. Since then, DO-178B has come to be regarded as one of the most stringent and rigorous process guidelines governing the entire development lifecycle of embedded software in airborne equipment. In 1985 the onboard software lines of code (SLOC) in a commercial airliner was approximately 400 thousand. Today, the latest commercial aircraft have about 4 million. Along with the growth in size and complexity of onboard software systems in the 19 years since the last published release of DO-178 there have been significant advancements in software development and verification processes and technologies.

One of the main objectives of DO-178C, which is scheduled for release in December of 2011, is to address emerging software trends and technologies, specifically: Software Tool Qualification Considerations, Formal Methods Supplement, Object-Oriented Supplement, and Model-Based Design and Verification Supplement.

Small Form Factor

2012-01-03T00:22:30Z

Join Military & Aerospace Electronics for an insightful Webcast on small form factor systems and components, including the benefits that SFF innovations hold for current and future mil-aero applications.

VPX for Unmanned Systems

2011-09-16T19:44:22Z

VPX standards establish a new direction for the next revolution in embedded computing. The standards break out from the traditional connector scheme of VMEbus to merge the latest in connector and packaging technology with the latest in bus and serial switch fabric technology. VPX combines best-in-class technologies to assure a very long technology cycle similar to that of the original VMEbus solutions.

The OpenVPX architecture framework delineates clear interoperability points necessary for integrating module to module, module to backplane, and chassis. OpenVPX is evolving and incorporating new fabric, connector, and system technologies as new standards are defined.

Rugged Packaging for Embedded Military Systems

2012-05-02T13:54:17Z

Designers of military systems continually look to leverage the latest commercial technology such as the Intel Corei7 processor for military platforms on land, at sea, and in the air. However, military systems live in environments where desktop systems would not survive and therefore need rugged packaging that can with stand extreme shock and vibration, sand and dust storms, and extreme hot and cold temperatures.

Navigating DO-178B and DO-178C certification in Aircraft Systems

2011-07-07T04:31:08Z

Covering technical tips and techniques for developing safety-critical avionics software in compliance with DO-178B (up to, and including, Level A design assurance), this webinar features industry experts who will highlight the processes, procedures and tools used to achieve avionics certification on the latest civil airliners. DDC-I, a supplier of software and professional services for mission- and safety-critical applications for over 30 years, and LDRA, a pioneer and global leader in automated software verification, source code analysis, and test tools covering the full development lifecycle will share their joint experiences in achieving successful avionics certification.

Next Generation Building Blocks for Multi-function, Multi-mode Radar Applications

2011-09-28T18:36:44Z

Radar is one of the defense industry’s most challenging applications - and it’s easy to understand why. Targets are smaller and faster and growing in number, yet they must be tracked over wider areas of surveillance. As a result, digital signal processing for radar is a highly complex and compute-intensive task.

Given today’s do-more-with-less environment, there exists an elevated demand for high-performance processing - with both specialized and general purpose processors - and low-latency, high-bandwidth data movement. Adding to the challenge are ever-tightening SWaP (Size, Weight and Power) constraints, which are ratcheted up every time a radar program adds multi-mission or multi-mode requirements.

So as budgets shrink and the list of new requirements lengthen, defense primes must find new ways to solve these difficult problems.