Paul Davis looks at how netbooting provides a superior alternative solution for installing and updating software that delivers huge labor savings.

ANSI/VITA 47 is an American National Standards Institute standard that defines a rigorous test regime, enabling vendors to demonstrate that their VPX product is designed to perform optimally, while complying with specific environmental, manufacture, safety and quality criteria.

Mike Southworth, Curtiss-Wright and Ken Braund, Meritec look at how VITA 76.0 connectors deliver military-grade high-speed signal integrity for 10 GbE, USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 interfaces.

Kevin Rooney looks at how augmented reality is poised to revolutionize applications such as search and rescue (SAR) and airborne surveillance.

Steve Edwards looks at trusted computing solutions that carry effective protections against cyberattacks.

Marc Couture discusses how better coverage and real-time data analysis can be achieved with next-generation receiver technology.

The Curtiss-Wright Fortress can function as a traditional FDR, cockpit voice recorder, datalink recorder or airborne image recorder, or a combination of the four. It also allows operators to use the data captured for predictive maintenance.

Curtiss-Wright is now a leading supplier of data acquisition avionics for space vehicles worldwide, providing fully integrated data acquisition systems aboard launchers and re-entry space vehicles.