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For many years, military-system designers relied solely on direct attached storage (DAS) devices when they needed to deploy data storage on military platforms.

Vetronics systems today are increasingly focused on C4ISR [command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance], interoperability with other battlefield elements, and the capability to be optionally unmanned if necessary.

Because MOSA (Modular Open Systems Approach) is an approach and not itself a standard, solutions that support this vision can be achieved through many different means as long as interfaces and communications protocols are based on open standards.

See more, detect more, and decode more - these are the primary requirements being asked of unmanned systems in the military.

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.

This year's Tri-Services Open Architecture Interoperability Demonstration (TSOA-ID) saw a significant increase in participants and the number of live demonstrations showing working systems that embrace the key open standards that instantiate MOSA.

A new partnership between Northrop Grumman and Curtiss Wright targets the virtualization of obsolete military avionics systems.

For rugged DSP (digital signal processing) processor cards, it is important to have a balance between processor performance, memory bandwidth, I/O bandwidth, and ruggedization.

Trying to strike a balance between power and security with data-at-rest in the field – and doing it all within a highly constrained space in an environment with dirt and moisture that threatens to damage expensive equipment – is a tall order indeed.

Warfighters on the battlefield have relied on wireless communications for more than 80 years, dating back to the first Motorola ‘manpack’ radio used by the Army Signal Corps in the 1940s.

New technologies such as virtualisation, sensor improvements and data fusion are enhancing the effect of CMS on modern fleets, allowing greater range and faster transfer of critical information.

Upgraded systems require security to be built-in to protect sensitive mission information and maintain warfighter technology advantage.