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8800 Redstone Gateway
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Huntsville, AL 35808
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1-866-652-2226
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Radar/EW

Technology insertion: Balancing performance and stability - Story

October 18, 2016
Embedded computing systems have benefited enormously from the flood of innovation in the electronics industry: Military programs over the years have enjoyed ever faster processors, smaller form factors, and steadily declining prices per unit of performance.
Radar/EW

Intuitive software - AXIS 7.0 version - released by Abaco Systems - News

September 15, 2016
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Officials at Abaco Systems announced the release of AXIS version 7.0, an intuitive software environment encompassing the development cycle of embedded computing applications that include radar, sonar, signals intelligence, and image processing. Representatives state, it can also aid developers to meet size, weight, and power (SWaP) requirements.
Comms

Obsolescence insurance - Story

September 13, 2016
In the commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) era, electronics obsolescence is a fact of life. Military demand represents only a tiny fraction of the commercial semiconductor market and the imperatives of the two sectors are worlds apart. The consumer market prizes constant innovation, despite the disruptions this drive entails. The military market, on the other hand, looks for the latest technology at the outset of a project, but requires logistics stability through extended development, production, and fielding cycles. Managing obsolescence issues has never been more important, given today's budgetary austerity.
Cyber

New game for GUIs - Story

July 14, 2016
Those of us who recall DOS and other command interfaces appreciate the invention of graphical user interfaces (GUIs): Graphical controls and displays make us more efficient and productive because they are intuitive, with little or no learning required. GUIs make life easier, whether one is writing code or playing games.
Radar/EW

Graphics processing - having it both ways - Story

June 10, 2016
Military systems are noted for their high processing demands, a situation that is particularly true for graphics processing. Like their commercial counterparts, military displays are becoming faster, higher-resolution, and more complex. Both defense surveillance and commercial video-game applications, for example, share a need for the maximum possible raw graphics computational horsepower.