Sharon Schnakenburg —

A roundup of recent mil tech industry contracts, trends, and bends including: Pilots preview their future – before it happens; Coast Guard software hastens search; Military technology meets the "Terminator"; and many more.

Joe Pavlat —

Many open standards were segmented by market once upon a time - the military used VME, while MicroTCA typically found its home in communications equipment. However, these lines are blurring as MicroTCA makes inroads into modern military applications.

Duncan Young —

Though DSP libraries abound for AltiVec-based applications, new architectures require new potential hosts for DSP applications. Thus, new libraries providing advanced portability are integral to the equation.

John Wemekamp —

Though migrating to IPv6 gives higher security levels, reverse engineering is also a threat should technology fall into the wrong hands. However, precautions can prevent the enemy from unraveling national secrets hidden within firmware, software, or hardware.

Jacques Brygier —

In a tight economy, many companies are utilizing software-life-extension approaches at the code reuse, specification, or design levels to reduce expense, but these methods all have limitations. However, new Safe and Secure Virtualization (SSV) is thwarting these challenges and offering the best of all worlds.

Tauseef ur Rehman, John Melonakos, Gallagher Pryor and James Malcolm —

A new "visual computing" era is emerging, offering a new way to process and visualize data when engineering modern mil apps. Furthering this new era is the Jacket programming tool, which simplifies the how-to's of complex computer simulations.

Wayne Tustin —

While sequential axis shaking remains a common method for vibration testing, simultaneous multiaxis shaking is proving itself a much more effective path.

John Fryer —

The open source OpenSAF middleware implementation is providing high availability for modern mil systems while also proving suitable for environments that are security-conscious.

Chris A. Ciufo —

As the PC market stagnates, Intel sets sail towards Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). I guess they think Wind River won’t blow them off course.

Sharon Schnakenburg —

A roundup of recent mil tech industry contracts, trends, and bends including: Semiconductor sales: A matter of perspective; Phantom Ray technology is ... reality; Wind River seeks NSA's validation; and many more.

Duncan Young —

Today's rugged display monitors must be able to do more than just produce pretty pictures; they must also meet harsh environment and EMC requirements, and potentially integrate with an entire embedded computing subsystem or touch screen.

John Wemekamp —

Vendors producing off-the-shelf FPGA wares face the issue of offering the greatest flexibility with the fewest design iterations. Accordingly, VITA 57 (FPGA Mezzanine Card or FMC) is bridging FPGA I/O capability and the external world.

Tod Hagan —

The U.S. Army's Guardrail Common Sensor (GRCS) SOA-based, net-centric system provides war fighters with vital intelligence information, so it's no wonder that migrating its crucial algorithm had its fair share of challenges.

Chris A. Ciufo —

Did you know there’s a companion to DO-178B? Here are some Hot Tips to make hardware certification easier.

Chris A. Ciufo —

SFFs ... multicore ... secure RTOSs: You probably could guess these would make our Top 5 warfighter technologies list. But some of the others just might surprise you.