Embedded AvionicsIntegrating Hardware and Software in Microprocessors to Expedite Avionics Certification After decades of relying on single-core processors to power everything from flight controls to cockpit instrumentation panels, it appears avionics manufacturers are ready to embrace multi-core processors in the hopes of saving…
Embedded AvionicsSOSA Targets Open Architecture Designs for New Radar and Electronic Warfare Technology The Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA) standards are currently focused on addressing problems with vendor interoperability, future upgrades, and vendor lock which is driving changes in future radar and electronic warfare (EW)…
Embedded AvionicsSOSA Technical Standards Coming in Summer 2021 with New Updates Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) technical standards, a common backbone architecture for sensors on embedded systems, are evolving as the consortium behind their development gets closer to starting its certification process. During…
Embedded AvionicsDDC-I Brings WolfCrypt to Real Time Operating System for Avionics Developers Avionics developers are now able to use military level, safety-critical cryptography to deliver secure communications through DDC-I’s Deos Real Time Operating System (RTOS). DDC-I, a global supplier of real-time operating systems, and…
Embedded AvionicsCheck Out The December/January 2020 Issue! Our new December/January 2020 issue is published, with five in-depth new articles focusing on all aspects of embedded computing trends currently happening across various segments of the global aviation electronics industry. In…
Air TaxiMercury Systems VP Talks 2020s Embedded Avionics Technology Trends As the global aerospace and defense industry shifts into the 2020s, embedded systems suppliers are being tasked with supporting certifiable avionics architectures capable of meeting the most stringent versions of DO-178C and…
Editor's NoteElectric Avionics In 2017, when I first started covering Uber’s Elevate division and its plan to make electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis a reality by the early to mid-2020s, the industry…
Embedded AvionicsMercury VP Sees eVTOLs Driving Future of Embedded Avionics Convergence The use of an electric air taxi to commute between vertiports in traffic-choked cities might seem like a futuristic fantasy, but one of the world’s largest suppliers of open systems-based embedded avionics
MilitaryHow VITA Standards are Speeding Up Avionics Cots Adoption Avionics design engineers no longer have to rely on proprietary specifications, which typically lag behind commercial market technology development at both the system and component level. New developments
Embedded AvionicsLDRA PowerPC Users Can Upgrade to Latest Version with Assembler Update The U.K.’s LDRA has updated its tool suite for the PowerPC assembler language to support all 32- and 64-bit PowerPC chips, the company said. Customers can now move to the latest versions…