John Keller with Military & Aerospace Electronics considers how virtual-machine technology, fast interconnects, innovative thermal-management techniques, and modular architectures bring data-center power to embedded computing.

Mike Southworth discusses the combination of today’s latest COTS hardware and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) modernization initiatives.

Aaron Frank discusses the benefits of Intel's new Broadwell processor to embedded defense applications.

The growing deployment of single board computers in military systems brings with it a number of engineering challenges.

John McHale with Military Embedded Systems discusses radiation testing and qualification requirements for defense and space agencies are getting tougher and embracing TOR standards.

As the need for data security increases, the need to support both encrypted data and less sensitive data within the same system is also on the rise.

The aerospace and defense embedded COTS market has started to see whole new classes of small and ultra-small line-replaceable unit (LRU) offerings.