John McHale with Military Embedded Systems' April 2016 roundtable with industry experts looks at Safety Critical avionics trends.

Enabling technologies are helping to drive smaller and lighter next-gen, rugged, SWaP-optimized mission computers for unmanned platforms, rotorcraft, and other applications.

Increasingly, FAA and EASA regulations are requiring that airborne electronics used in military applications meet the DO-254 safety certification standard.

Curtiss-Wright Debuts its First Arm-based Low Power, Ultra Small Form Factor Rugged Mission Computer, Parvus DuraCOR 310

Curtiss-Wright Introduces Ultra-Flexible, DO-254 / DO-178 Safety Certifiable 3U VPX I/O Module VPX3-611

While VPX offers many advantages, military system developers should consider the hybrid form factor approach. Small form factor technologies like COMe Compact, Mini PCIe and PC/104 provide a lot of flexibility, especially when combined.

NATO's new UAS features two Curtiss-Wright subsystems for Systems Management Processing.

Features In-Booth Demonstration of the 12 GSPS CHAMP-WB-DRFM Quick Start Kit and the Compact 3U 2-4GSPS VPX3-530 Wideband DRFM System.