In this Q&A we discuss the benefits that occur for commercial aircraft from certifying COTS hardware to DO-254 DAL A, its similarities to certifying software to DO-178C, and how it might apply to unmanned aircraft.

Paul Davis from Curtiss-Wright looks at the NSA-approved two-layer encryption approach which slashes cost and development time.

We deflate a number of the myths that have emerged regarding the use of GPU/GPGPUs in defense applications.

COTS suppliers are more frequently being called upon to help users address rapidly expanding requirements for anti-tamper (AT) and cybersecurity or information assurance (IA) capabilities.

Direct sampling using an analog-to-digital converter (ADC, eliminates the need for a front-end mixer and enables the full communications bandwidth to be processed digitally using digital signal processing (DSP) techniques.

As the demand for larger-scale, higher-performance deployed HPEC systems increases, access to the best development tools will only become more critical. Learn more about leveraging tools such as debuggers, profilers, and cluster managers.

One example of an FPGA-based VME interface alternative is Curtiss-Wright’s Helix, a field-tested and proven PCI Express-to-VME64x transparent bridge that provides a full VME64xMaster/Slave interface with a direct bridge to a PCI Express upstream port

We look at the updated FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC+) specification that has been developed and refined over the past year, promising unparalleled I/O density and backward compatibility.