Now that the Army has chosen its preferred Future Long Range Assault Aircraft in Bell’s V-280 advanced tiltrotor, the race is on to populate it with mission systems that will allow the machine to operate through adversaries’ sophisticated air defense systems.

Currently, there are two options for VITA 46.30 connectors: the TE Connectivity RT3 and Amphenol R-VPX EVO2 connectors, both of which meet the ANSI/VITA 46.30 standard intended for 100G (4-lanes @ 25 Gbaud) systems, and potentially beyond.

Curtiss-Wright eTCOTS solutions bring advanced defense grade security to Modular Open Systems Approach based systems.

Contract valued in excess of $8.7M to support AN/UPX-24(V) IFF Processing electronics.

Rugged COTS processing and graphics display modules provided with AC 20-152A safety certification artifacts that support system certification up to DAL-A.

The SOSA technical standard for embedded computing hardware and software is beginning to provide tangible benefits for early adopters.

Designers of rugged embedded computing systems, laptop computers, and tablet computers balance the need to operate in harsh conditions, as well as meet growing requirements for open-systems standards.

From the outside, the turret system on a ground vehicle may appear a straightforward mechanism.