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

New scalable CNS4-FC Compact Network Storage system modernizes FC-Based systems with flexible I/O, encrypted data recording and removable storage in a single compact unit

New FSM-C2X Download Station supports up to 4x 2TB data modules for simultaneous transfer to PC via USB.

Demo features Harris’s FACE conformant FliteScene® Digital Moving Map Software, Green Hills Software INTEGRITY-178 tuMP RTOS and Curtiss-Wright SBC and Graphics cards for Embedded Avionics Applications

COTS-based IData Human Machine Interface (HMI) demonstration features FACE™ aligned LynxOS-178 2.2.4 RTCA/DO-178B Level A Safety Certified RTOS with Curtiss-Wright’s VPX3-131 single board computer (SBC) and XMC-715 AMD E4690 high-performance graphics processor.

Performance is all about eliminating bottlenecks to minimize latency and maximize throughput. To maximize overall system performance requires the fastest, most efficient processor-to-processor data paths.

Demo highlights advantages of time partitioned/unified operating system approach for certified applications, using multicore INTEGRITY-178 tuMP RTOS and RTGL OpenGL SC libraries running on OpenVPX SBC

LynxOS-178 2.2.4 RTCA/DO-178B level a safety certified RTOS supports and is aligned with the FACE™ APIs for security, safety base, and safety extended profiles of the FACE Operating System Segment.