Amanda Harvey, Assistant Editor
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Update from the May VSO meeting
PHOENIX, AZ. Jing Kwok was named the new Technical Director of VITA in April of 2014, and the title was effective on May 1. Due to travel delays, Jing was not able to make it to the beginning of the May VITA Standards Organization (VSO) meeting. John Rynearson, former technical director of VITA, presented the [...]
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UAV ISR payloads demand lighter weight, faster processing
Several technology trends are driving advances in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) payloads on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) – higher compute capacity, the growing use of VPX, and locating the processor closer to the sensor.
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CES announces video I/O and processor XMC for avionics interfaces
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. Creative Electronic Systems (CES) has announced the VPP-8112 video I/O and processor XMC. The VPP-8112 incorporates various input/output channels with efficient image processing capability in a small, air-cooled or conduction-cooled format.
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John Rynearson named first VITA Hall of Fame inductee
John Rynearson, technical director of VITA, is the first person to be inducted into the newly created VITA Technologies Hall of Fame. The news took him by pleasant surprise, announced during today’s VITA Standards Organization (VSO) meeting in Scottsdale, AZ, in front of his friends and peers in the industry. After the announcement was given [...]