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SALT LAKE CITY, UT and MANASSAS, VA – September 9, 2008 – Parvus Corporation today announced a sub-contracting agreement with Aurora Flight Sciences to supply common Mission Computers for Auroras Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) under several prime contracts. No financial terms were disclosed.
Parvus has delivered Aurora Common Mission Computer (ACMC) units for use with the GoldenEye 80 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), an advanced Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft designed to carry advanced sensor payloads for homeland Security and battlefield operations.
“As the U.S. Military continues to expand the role of unmanned vehicles, key suppliers, including Aurora, are significantly expanding the capabilities delivered by these vehicles,” said Parvus President Les Goodman. “Parvus is honored to partner with Aurora in providing an advanced MIL-grade Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) computing solution tailored to Auroras UAV platforms.”
The ACMC computer is a small-form factor rugged computing system based on Parvus COTS DuraCOR 820 subsystem, designed to accommodate the environmental and physical requirements of Auroras airborne vehicles. The computing architecture for this Parvus subsystem is based on a low-power mobile Pentium CPU, solid state memory, Linux operating system, military-grade power supply, and various peripheral and network inputs.
It is anticipated that the ACMCs robust combination of function and small form factor ruggedness will enable the ACMC to support a wide range of unmanned vehicle operator control applications for Aurora.
About Aurora
Aurora Flight Sciences designs and builds robotic aircraft and other advanced aerospace vehicles for scientific and military applications. Aurora is headquartered in Manassas, VA and operates production plants in Clarksburg, WV and Columbus, MS and a Research and Development Center in Cambridge, MA. To view recent press releases and more about Aurora please visit www.aurora.aero.
About Parvus
Parvus Corporation is a leading supplier of rugged COTS computing and IP networking subsystems for military and aerospace applications. Parvus tactical mission processors, network routers and LAN switch products provide enhanced command, control, computing and communication (C4) capabilities for situational awareness and mobile data processing in airborne, ground mobile, and naval installations. Parvus was founded in 1983 and is part of the Eurotech Group, a world leader in miniaturized and high performance computing with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.parvus.com.
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