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Military Embedded Systems

Military Displays: Balancing Innovation and SWaP-C Constraints

Military-display designers continue to face stringent size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) constraints while integrating commercial innovations like HD – and soon 4K – into systems that must work with legacy sensors and interfaces while also complying with a variety of open architectures and standards.

08/24/2021
Military Embedded Systems

Newer Rugged Touch Screens Benefit The Modern Warfighter

Today’s modern warfighters have grown up with smartphones and tablets with intuitive, multitouch projected capacitive (PCAP) touch screens. They rely heavily on these devices in their personal lives and they expect to have access to the same capabilities and conveniences in the field.

07/02/2021
Avionics International

Despite COVID-19, eVTOL Avionics Development Forges Ahead

Analysis of the latest technologies being developed by avionics OEMs for the emerging eVTOL market.

05/24/2021
Military Embedded Systems

Your Flying Taxi is Here

Thanks to parallel advancements in battery technology and autonomous vehicles resulting from Tesla and other pioneering electric automobile manufacturers, we are rapidly approaching the era of the unmanned flying taxi.

06/24/2019
Military Embedded Systems

Optimizing Avionics Reliability With Dissimilar Redundant Architectures

Rick Hearn explains how the key computing elements of an avionics system must all be designed with safety in mind and endure stringent testing to prove they can meet the required Design Assurance Level (DAL).

12/06/2018
Embedded Computing Design

Testing Safety-Certifiable Software

Given its complexity and the critical applications for which it is designed, embedded avionics software must undergo a rigorous approval and testing process before it can be approved as airworthy.

10/25/2018
Electronic Design

Changing Ways to Deliver Safety and Security

The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industrial IoT (IIoT) is not the only reason for increased demand for safety- and security-related solutions.

12/01/2016
Electronic Products

COTS DO-254 safety-certifiable avionics hardware lowers cost, reduces risk

Rick Hearn from Curtiss-Wright looks at how COTS DO-254 safety-certifiable avionics hardware lowers cost and reduces risk.

10/06/2016