Special Feature

• Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA): Enabling the next generation of flexible and adaptable radar systems

  

  In order to keep up with the continued acceleration of new technology and to be able to protect the warfighter from the latest threats, it is essential that we can turn our deployed platforms into adaptable entities that can evolve over time and are not static. The SOSA [Sensor Open Systems Architecture] Technical Standard is the next major step in realizing this goal.

  Denis Smetana Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions

• 2020 State of the VITA Technology Industry - Spring Edition

  Ray Alderman VITA Standards Organization

  My report covers the state of the VITA technology industry in particular and of the board and system industry in general, in markets such as aerospace, defense, space, industrial, and more.

• SOSA and VITA: Working together for next-gen defense systems

  

  The SOSA (Sensor Open Systems Architecture) Consortium is developing common open standards for designing, building, and deploying hardware, software, and firmware components of new military electronic systems. Contributing members to SOSA include the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) – including the Army, Navy, and Air Force – along with key representatives from industry and universities. The Sensor Open Systems Architecture [...]

  Rodger Hosking Pentek, Inc.

• VITA Hall of Fame

  

  Since the announcement of VMEbus in 1981, there have been a great number of people and ideas that have had an impact on the development and advancement of open standards used in critical embedded computing systems. The intention of the VITA Technologies Hall of Fame is to honor and preserve the remembrance of those people [...]

  Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

• Embedded Tech Trends 2020 Wrapup

  

  In January, Embedded Tech Trends 2020 was held in Atlanta, Georgia at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in midtown Atlanta, home of Georgia Tech University. The theme for 2020 was “Inventing! Con­necting! Inspiring! Thriving!” The presenters were encouraged to weave this theme into their presentations. Embedded Tech Trends is a small but extremely [...]

  Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

• Business Barometer

  

  One of my favorite activities each year is to take a look at trends for the upcoming year, making predictions on where technology is headed. I have taken a swing at 2015 with some commentary on what happened in 2014 to support or disprove my predictions from last year.

  Jerry Gipper Editorial Director

• OpenVPX solves VPX interoperability challenges; plans for future features

  Chris A. Ciufo OpenSystems Media

  Says OpenVPX’s founder Mercury Computer Systems: “interoperability – as planned.”