Marching to the Numbers
Marching to the Numbers
Figure 0. Figure 1. 2,000- Number of JASSM cruise missile Lockheed has delivered to the U.S. Air Force. The company recently delivered the 2,000th Joint Air-to-Surface StandofRead More...
Special Feature
Barriers Fall Between Development and Deployed Systems
Jeff Child, Editor-in-Chief
Now that defense budgets and schedules are both tighter than ever the stakes are raised for military system designers get from development phase to deployment phase as quickly and as smRead More...
System Development
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Three Stage Process Speeds Path to Avionics System Deployment
Wayne McGee, VP and General Manager CES--North America
WEB EXCLUSIVE: This article was selected as a special web exclusive preceding its print debut. It will also appear in an upcoming print issue of COTS Journal. The traditional dRead More...
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Expert Weighs in on RF/Digital Integration Challenges
WEB EXCLUSIVE: This article was selected as a special web exclusive preceding its print debut. It will also appear in an upcoming print issue of COTS Journal. It's clear that both RF aRead More...
High Capacity Storage Systems Look to PCI Express
Steve Gudknecht, Product Manager Elma Electronic
Massive, data-intensive applications are becoming a fixture in today's C4ISR platforms. Fewer boots on the ground means more electronic eyes and ears filling in the gaps and cooRead More...
Tech Recon
JEFF'S PICK: 3.3V Rad Tolerant MIL-STD-1553 Terminals are Fully Integrated
Jeff Child, Editor-in-Chief
Selecting electronic components and subsystems for space-based platforms continues to be a challenge. Even since the Space Shuttle program ended and the commercial space industry filledRead More...
Space Poses Unique Challenges for Commercial Components
Doug Patterson, VP, Military and Aerospace Aitech Defense Systems
With the recent shift in space electronics to look towards using ruggedizing commercial components as a cost-efficient alternative to 'space-qualified' devices, the question of Read More...
Technology Focus
COM Express a Win for Compact and Mobile Applications
Jeff Child, Editor-in-Chief
Although Computer-on-Module (COM) notion has a long legacy, when it became married with PCI Express the resulting COM Express brought it to a new level. COM Express adds high-speed fabrRead More...
Data Sheet COM Express Boards Roundup
Figure 1 Type 10 COM Express Module Sports NVIDIA Tegra K1 SoC Based on the NVIDIA Tegra K1 system-on-chip (SoC), Abaco Systems' Mini COM Express module delivers 326 Gflops ofRead More...