Electronic Warfare System - Leonardo DRS Tuner

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Electronic Warfare (EW) platforms face an increasingly challenging task in terms of RF channel density and signal evasiveness. That's why Curtiss-Wright and Leonardo DRS have collaborated on a range of rugged open architecture RF signal processing systems.

The rugged EW system is a compact solution to today’s RF challenges. It provides multiple receiver channels with independent or phase coherent tuning and supports frequency extensions to 18 GHz and an optional exciter channel exciter channel covering 2 MHz to 6 GHz. The RF tuner provides the bandwidth, dynamic range with low noise, processing, and configurability required for today’s EW applications.

That means this solution can deliver performance in hostile RF environments that was not possible previously in much larger systems.

The Curtiss-Wright EW multi-channel tuner system is a ruggedized compact 3U VPX system that combines state-of-the-art multi-channel receivers, Intel Xeon D multi-core DSPs, and AMD FPGAs. The Leonardo DRS SI-9172 Vesper tuner/exciter card provides four high-performance configurable tuner channels. The Intel Xeon D octal-core (12-core optional) CHAMP-XD1 DSP processor card provides the EW signal processing and system control. Signal processing in the system is augmented by the XF07-523 XMC that provides a user programmable AMD Kintex-7 FPGA with direct connection to the SI-9172 tuner.

Key Features

  • SWaP-optimized signal processor
  • 4 x High-performance tuner channels
    • 2 MHz to 6 GHz
    • 100 μsecs tuning speed
    • 100 MHz IF passband
  • Intel Xeon D Octal Core DSP Processors
    • 410 GFLOPs with AVX2
  • AMD Kintex-7 325T FPGA Processor
    • User Programmable with LVDS I/O
  • High bandwidth I/O options
    • 10 and 1 Gigabit Ethernet, USB
  • MIL-STD-810/MIL-STD-461 qualified

Applications

  • Signal Intelligence
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Electronic Support

Products included in the system:

  • MPMC-9323 Chassis Enclosure
  • SI-9172 Multi-Channel Tuner/Exciter
  • VPX3-482 CHAMP-XD1 DSP
  • XF07-523 AMD Kintex-7 FPGA Processor
  • Power Supply
  • XMC-651 Ethernet Switch (option)
  • XMC-554 SSD Flash Memory (option)
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Electronic Warfare System - Leonardo DRS Tuner