Top commanders seek to embed EW capability at virtually all echelons as warfighters seek to make up for years of lost time.

Avionics technicians make use of oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and other high-performance test and measurement instruments to ensure that sensitive RF and microwave systems are working properly.

Today’s embedded-system designers have a great variety of processor types to select from, with FPGAs and GPUs adding their own various advantages and disadvantages for consideration in contrast to the more familiar CPUs.

Bringing the benefits of multicore processors to safety-critical systems is challenging. Read how Curtiss-Wright and Green Hills Software are up to the challenge.

Tammy Carter and Beau Paisley look at how serial algorithms can be evolved to scalable, multithreaded implementation using well-established high-performance computing (HPC) programming frameworks such as OpenMP and MPI.

Intel Xeon D is the first Xeon processor qualified for extended temperature ranges, offering more flexibility and higher performance than is typical for embedded products.

We look at how the recent introduction of Intel's first Xeon SoC device, the Xeon-D, dramatically changes the range of options for designers of high-performance SFF mission computers.

Steve Edwards looks at trusted computing solutions that carry effective protections against cyberattacks.