Prototype TARDEC controller fueled by Open Architecture processor from Lockheed Martin
NewsMarch 31, 2015
ORLANDO, Fla. Lockheed Martin engineers are providing their Open Architecture Processor as the basis for a new prototype controller for military vehicle active protection systems being developed by experts at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) at the U.S. Army Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Mich.
The controller will enable armored vehicles to use active protection systems that utilize a single, interchangeable processing unit, enabling easy maintenance and mission flexibility. The prototype -- a single, flexible unit -- will control and process information from the multiple sensors and self-defense systems that guard ground vehicles from threats.
The prototype will show how future active protection systems can be easily repaired, upgraded, or modified base don mission requirements on vehicles such as the Abrams, Bradley and Stryker, Lockheed Martin officials say.
In the first phase of development, Lockheed Martin engineers will provide four prototype controllers to TARDEC, along with training and a software demonstration.
The Open Architecture Processor is one of the first products to emerge from the company’s Processors Center of Excellence that was started last year at the company’s Missiles and Fire Control facility in Orlando. The Center was created to research data processing techniques and high-power computing for tactical environments.
