Contested space, where nations compete for military dominance outside Earth’s atmosphere, is driving many military space platforms, but commercial space and small satellites continue to change the way the military suppliers of space electronics approach radiation-hardened component design from testing to deployment.

Aviation cybersecurity mandates by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are coming in the next two years.

All aviation stakeholders now must comply with the emerging aviation cybersecurity standards known as “Airworthiness Security Process Specification,” identified and first introduced as DO-326A in the US and ED-202A in Europe.

U.S. government and military are taking a lead role in protecting sensitive computers from cyber attack, and solutions finally are on the horizon.

Attacks are getting sophisticated. Examples include Rowhammer, Meltdown, Spectre, and others. System designers need to consider many attack vectors.

Embedded systems for deployment in the field can have vastly different needs for trusted computing and cyber security than those of enterprise systems.

Reliable, secure communications become much more critical in unmanned systems. If communications are lost, the unmanned system may need to throttle back.

Rugged VPX3-1707 SBC features 16-Core NXP Arm Layerscape processor and advanced security features to protect against cyber-attacks and reverse engineering.