Uncrewed aerial systems (UASs), uncrewed ground vehicles (UGVs), uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), and uncrewed undersea vehicles (UUVs) continue to be force multipliers for U.S. military operations. These platforms not only deliver lethality in wartime but also feed the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) thirst for sensor data, collecting critical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) during peacetime. Performance and capability requirements flowing out of the DoD are driving innovation at the payload, sensor, avionics, and communications level.
Powered by Military Embedded Systems, the Uncrewed Systems Virtual Conference is designed to drive awareness and thought leadership around embedded electronics technology for autonomous systems from artificial intelligence (AI) to signal processing to avionics safety certification; it will also examine strategies for applying a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) in such designs.
The webinar, sponsored by Elma Electronic, discusses how platform power requirements drive designs for modular systems for air and ground vehicles. David Gash and Ken Grove are the speakers, focusing on the challenges posed by varying power levels and specific performance parameters for military platforms. They address the differences in power standards for aircraft and vehicles, including Milestone 1275 and 704 requirements, and the VITA 62.0 standard for power supply modules. The discussion also covers the trade-off between output power capacity and voltage resilience, as well as system considerations for power supplies, including starting current, power supply design, and chassis management for intelligent platform management.
Discover the critical shift in VPX systems' signal integrity at Gen4+ speeds and 100-Gigabit Ethernet, explored through the lens of VITA 68.3 standards development, real-world design cases, and high-performance cooling techniques in this insightful webcast.