VITA 48.8 represents an approach for cooling embedded systems using an air flow through (AFT) technique that significantly reduces the SWaP-C of deployed electronics devices.

Helen Haxell looks at how ANSI/VITA 48.8, could soon be applied to the next generation of aircraft, including Future Vertical Lift (FVL).

Reusable spacecraft conducts successful free-flight at Edwards Air Force Base

The emergence of smaller components with more processing capability while operating at much lower power has had the counterintuitive effect of increasing thermal density, with designers expected to pack even more functionality into ever-smaller spaces.

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.

First flight of new expendable Electron launcher uses Curtiss-Wright’s Space COTS data acquisition system to capture test data

The risk of failure for avionics equipment on-board spacecraft due to radiation exposure is a critical issue for launchers, re-entry vehicles, space habitats and satellites

There is significant commonality between unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and UUV environments with standard rugged military commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded solutions often applicable to both.