Chatsworth, Calif. May 2012 – Aitech Defense Systems Inc., a pioneer in true embedded and mission critical computing technologies for environmentally-demanding military, defense and aerospace applications, now offers the RTCA-compliant C925, a rugged 3U CompactPCI PowerPC-based SBC with exceptionally low power. The board helps significantly reduce the engineering resources typically diverted to RTCA design requirements, saving on overall system development costs.

Developed specifically for avionics, the C925 is fully-certifiable to both DO-178 (software) and DO-254 (hardware), making it ideal for safety and mission critical applications, such as flight and mission control computers into FAA-controlled airspace. In addition to reduced design costs, the C925 saves on DO-254 certification costs by minimizing the use on-board FPGAs.

As the latest evolution in Aitech’s C9xx family of rugged computing boards, the SBC is a drop-in upgrade for the popular C900 and C901 SBCs.

Featuring increased processing power without additional heat generation, the C925 incorporates a highly integrated PowerQUICC III 8548E processor that can be hardware configured to 1.2 GHz with a CPU core complex bus (CCB) speed of 400 MHz for maximum processing power. The processor also features an on-chip 32 K instruction and a 32 KB data L1 cache as well as a 512 KB L2 cache that supports a powerful e500 core.

The C925’s large on-board memory consists of up to 1 GB fast DDR2 SDRAM at 400 MHz with ECC protection for exceptional data integrity, 128 MB of user Flash and 64 MB of both boot Flash and user-protected boot Flash for a total of 256 MB of Flash. 512 kB NVRAM with a fast EEPROM shadow memory and auto-storage capability is also provided for application-specific data, allowing easier data recovery in the event of a power outage.

Although in a compact 3U form factor, the SBC includes a wide range of integrated I/O providing two ports each of GbE Ethernet (10/100/1000 BaseT), USB 2.0, CANbus 2.0B and high-speed RS232/422/485 as well as eight single-ended TTL or four RS422/485 differential discrete I/O lines. Each line is independently configured as input with interrupt at any event change level or as output.

An industry standard PMC/XMC slot, which supports up to eight lanes of PCIExpress or four lanes of RapidIO, enables expanded functionality via added mezzanine modules.

In a subsystem, the C925 can function as a system controller, supporting up to five additional cards on the cPCI backplane to provide clock, arbitration and interrupt capabilities, or as a peripheral board.

System support devices include three watchdog timers: one in the processor to provide an internal interrupt at the first timer expiration, then a hardware reset at the second; a second, external timer that resets the entire board at the first expiration; and a third that resides in the NVRAM with a free running counter programmed by the user.

Also in the NVRAM is a real time clock for accurate date and time keeping that can withstand up to two hours of power loss. An elapsed time data recorder tracks the board’s number of events as well as the total cumulative event time since the last reset. Three temperature sensors ensure board integrity throughout the wide -55°C to +85°C operating temperature range.

The standard board support package (BSP) is for WindRiver VxWorks, with a BSP available for Green Hills INTEGRITY upon request. Each includes all on-board resources to enable the user to take full advantage of the board’s powerful features. The C925 is available in both air and conduction cooled versions.

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About Aitech:

Established in 1983, Aitech offers military and space-qualified, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded computing products for rugged defense, aerospace and astronautics (space) applications as well as provides radiation tolerant and full MIL-SPEC solutions. The company provides industry-standard, open architecture VMEbus, CompactPCI and high speed serial fabric-based boards, power subsystems, mass memory, enclosures and hardware subsystem integration along with logistics, configuration control, component obsolescence and earned-value management services.

Having pioneered the development of true military VMEbus products for use in mainstream defense and aerospace applications, Aitech utilizes its broad base of off-the-shelf products and technologies to also develop customer-specific solutions, deliver superior cost-performance and reliability, and expedite time to market.

Applications for its products range from mission processors, fire control, mission control and autonomous robotic subsystems for ground vehicles as well as surface and subsurface naval platforms to tactical and strategic fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, and low- to high-earth orbit and deep space vehicles.

CHELMSFORD, Mass.  May 17, 2012  Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com), a trusted provider of commercially developed application-ready ISR and EW subsystems for defense prime contractors, announced that it has received a contract from a leading defense prime contractor to provide an advanced solid state data recorder for the aggregation and storage of sensor data from airborne ISR applications.

“Our customer needed a technology upgrade that could manage the greatly expanded data streams generated by a new generation of sensors,”said Didier Thibaud, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Mercury Computer Systems’ Advanced Computing Solutions business unit. “We were selected because we were able to provide a rapid prototype solution they could use to enhance their application. Our Services and Systems Integration (SSI) team engaged closely with the customer’s engineers to clearly understand the parameters of the problem, then designed an optimal solution based on industry standards.”

The Mercury solution combines the very high density capacity Digital Storage Unit (DSU) with a controller function built to the 3U OpenVPX standard. The DSU uses an array of commercially available Solid State Disk (SSD) components configured within a compact, rugged, deployable enclosure, while the controller supports flexible protocol conversions as part of the data recording process.

For more information, visit mc.com or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951 or info@mc.com.

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. – Where Challenges Drive Innovation®

Mercury Computer Systems (www.mc.com, NASDAQ: MRCY) is a best-of-breed provider of open, commercially developed, application-ready, multi-INT subsystems for defense prime contractors. With over 30 years of experience in embedded computing, superior domain expertise in radar, EW, EO/IR, C4I and sonar applications, and more than 300 successful program deployments including Aegis, Global Hawk and Predator, Mercury’s Services and Systems Integration team leads the industry in partnering with customers to design and integrate system-level solutions that minimize program risk, maximize application portability, and accelerate customers’ time to market.

Mercury is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and serves customers worldwide through a broad network of direct sales offices, subsidiaries, and distributors.

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) announces XPedite5205, a versatile, Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP)-optimized, embedded router module hosting Cisco IOS® IP Routing software. The XPedite5205 Embedded Services Router (ESR) provides mobile, ad hoc networking for military and emergency response, and it extends the Cisco enterprise infrastructure beyond the reach of traditional fixed-network infrastructure for oil and gas, mining, smart grid, transportation, and public safety applications.

The XPedite5205 ESR incorporates Cisco Mobile Ready Net capabilities to provide highly secure data, voice, and video communications to stationary and mobile network nodes across both wired and wireless links. Combining the XPedite5205 ESR with UHF, VHF, Wi-Fi, and other radio platforms enables integrators to create mobile, wireless, ad hoc networks, without requiring a connection to central infrastructure.

As a PMC/XMC module, the XPedite5205 can be retrofitted instantly for use in any available PMC or XMC site, leveraging 20 years of deployed VME, CompactPCI, VPX, and custom systems. It also can be mounted on an application-specific carrier card or used on an X-ES development carrier. The rugged XPedite5205 ESR module can be deployed in the harshest environments for embedded applications with SWaP constraints.

The XPedite5205 ESR features include:

• Freescale Power Architecture Processor

• Four integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports

• Cisco IOS Release 15.2GC Software

• Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express (CME) support

• Cisco Mobile Ready Net, which allows for mobile ad hoc networking and Radio Aware Routing (RAR) with Dynamic Link Exchange Protocol (DLEP)

• On-board hardware acceleration and encryption

• Integrated threat control using Cisco IOS Firewall, Cisco IOS Zone-based Firewall, Cisco IOS Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), and Cisco IOS Content Filtering

• Identity management using authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) and public key infrastructure

• Conduction- or air-cooled PMC/XMC form factor with max power consumption of 15W

“We estimate there are 6,000,000 open PMC module sites that could host an XPedite5205 tomorrow running Cisco IOS. These open module sites span across industries, from telecommunications base stations to industrial mining operations to hardened military systems,” states Bret Farnum, VP Sales & Marketing at X-ES. Adds Farnum, “With the clear majority of IT professionals being trained on Cisco IOS, adding an XPedite5205 to an already deployed system requires no training time or expense.”

“With the introduction of the Cisco 5205 Embedded Service Router, Cisco is extending the flexible, ruggedized options available to customers and partners for embedded deployments,” states Tony Jeffs, senior director of marketing, Cisco Global Government Solutions Group. “Collaborating with X-ES, an embedded computing leader, enabled us to bring a product to market much more quickly. X-ES is expanding the Cisco IOS market by providing rugged routers based on Cisco IOS IP Routing software for embedded applications in harsh environments. This release of Cisco IOS is based on the same software that we use in our enterprise class routers; and therefore, it will leverage the on-going development and support of greater Cisco over the long haul.”

About X-ES — Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES), a 100% U.S.A. based company, designs and builds single-board computers, I/O boards, power supplies, backplanes, chassis, and system-level solutions for embedded computing customers. X-ES offers cutting-edge performance and flexibility in design, plus an unparalleled level of customer support and service. For further information on X-ES products or services, please visit our website: www.xes-inc.com or call (608) 833-1155.

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CHELMSFORD, Mass.  May 10, 2012  Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com), a trusted provider of commercially developed application-ready ISR and EW subsystems for defense prime contractors, announced StreamDirect™, a highly efficient method for delivering streams of sensor data directly to specialized coprocessors such as general purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs). StreamDirect increases the efficiency of GPGPU-based embedded computing systems, resulting in a three times performance improvement over previous generation GPGPU systems. StreamDirect increases performance by enabling terabytes of raw sensor data to be processed in real-time by optimizing the transfers from the I/O sensors to the GPGPUs, supporting over 10 teraflops (TFLOPS) of processing capability in a rugged OpenVPX™ system. Mercury has previously deployed StreamDirect in a number of programs and it is now being made available in Mercury’s standard product – the 6U OpenVPX GSC6201. The GSC6201 is a carrier card that incorporates industry-standard GPGPU MXMs and is designed to accept those based on the NVIDIA Fermi™ and recently launched Kepler™ architectures.

Mercury’s StreamDirect enables direct communication of data from the source, such as a sensor input device, into a coprocessor’s memory, such as a GPGPU, without intermediate storage in the CPU. Previously, systems that used GPGPUs had to first pass the data to a CPU’s memory and then transfer the same data from the CPU’s memory to the GPGPU, a cumbersome two-step process. StreamDirect eliminates this copy step, creating a direct, high-bandwidth DMA channel between the sensor and the GPGPU. StreamDirect leverages Mercury’s POET™/ICS technology and NVIDIA® GPUDirect to provide a system-wide communication capability that enables applications such as EO/IR, radar, cyber and electronic warfare to benefit from faster intelligence.

“The GSC6201 is our third generation OpenVPX MXM-based GPGPU carrier card, building upon our eight year track record of deployed GPGPU solutions,” said Scott Thieret, Technical Director at Mercury Computer Systems. “With StreamDirect, we can now configure GSC6201-based systems with three times the performance of previous generation systems by eliminating intermediate data store-and-forward steps and enabling sensors to communicate directly with NVIDIA GPGPUs. Additionally, the combination of StreamDirect and the GSC6201 allows multiple GPGPU carrier cards to be hosted by a single CPU, significantly improving the overall system SWaP and GFLOPS/Watt.”

To keep pace with the rapid advances in GPGPU innovations, Mercury adopted the industry standard MXM form factor to quickly deliver the latest GPGPU technology in a modular, rugged OpenVPX module. While the GSC6201 is available today with NVIDIA’s embedded EXMF104 Fermi GPGPU, it can be quickly and easily upgraded to the latest GPGPU architectures as soon as they are available, such as the embedded Kepler MXM. The modular GPGPU MXM design enables customers to preserve their software and IP investments while accelerating their program development schedules and reducing program risk.

“The latest fighter jets and drone aircraft incorporate new sensors that demand huge amounts of real-time processing, making them ideally suited for NVIDIA’s newest GPGPUs,” said Vineet Gupta, Vice President of Global Automotive and Embedded Solutions at NVIDIA. “Mercury Computer Systems’ StreamDirect unleashes the potential of multi-GPGPU systems, bringing leading-edge performance to defense-based systems when using the latest NVIDIA GPGPUs.”

NVIDIA CUDA®, OpenCL™ and Mercury’s Scientific Algorithm Library (SAL™) software development platforms are supported on the GSC6201, providing highly optimized processing functions based on open standards, cross-platform support, and porting of legacy applications to leverage massively parallel stream processing with GPGPUs.

StreamDirect for NVIDIA GPGPUs is available now. The GSC6201 is available now in commercial and rugged versions including air- and conduction-cooled configurations.

For more information on StreamDirect and the GSC6201, visit www.mc.com/gpgpu, or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951 or info@mc.com.

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. – Where Challenges Drive Innovation®

Mercury Computer Systems (www.mc.com, NASDAQ: MRCY) is a best-of-breed provider of open, commercially developed, application-ready, multi-INT subsystems for defense prime contractors. With over 30 years of experience in embedded computing, superior domain expertise in radar, EW, EO/IR, C4I and sonar applications, and more than 300 successful program deployments including Aegis, Global Hawk and Predator, Mercury’s Services and Systems Integration (SSI) team leads the industry in partnering with customers to design and integrate system-level solutions that minimize program risk, maximize application portability, and accelerate customers’ time to market.

Mercury is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and serves customers worldwide through a broad network of direct sales offices, subsidiaries, and distributors.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, May 8, 2012 — VITA, the trade association for standard computing architectures serving critical embedded systems industries announces the ratification by ANSI of the second edition of the OpenVPX™ system specification under ANSI/VITA 65.0-2012. This is a planned update to the architecture framework that defines system-level VPX interoperability for multivendor, multi-module, integrated system environments. This release adds several profiles for payload, peripheral, and switch slots, plus profiles for backplanes to accommodate the InfiniBand® protocol and the VITA 67 coaxial connector type.

The VITA 65 working group is continually reviewing profile candidates for inclusion in the OpenVPX specification as part of their mission to support it as a living document that adapts to changing technology. The working group also clarified and reorganized several existing sections to improve consistency and usability of the specification.

“As planned in the original OpenVPX effort, we knew that the specification would need room to grow the technology and meet future industry needs without impacting current projects,” said Valerie Andrew, Chair of the VPX Marketing Alliance. “This revision has taken steps to make additions possible without disturbing existing content.”

VPX is gaining design wins in many data-intensive applications where performance in throughput and high-compute density (size) are critical factors. Example applications in which VPX systems are expected to be deployed in the coming year include signal and video processing, radar, communications, transportation, and control and management. As new applications for VPX emerge, new requirements sometimes mean that new profiles must be defined to help guide the interoperability points necessary for integrating module to module, module to backplane, and chassis. OpenVPX will continue to evolve and incorporate new fabric, connector, and system technologies.

In support of the VPX family of specifications, VITA members have been rolling out a wide range of products suited to a variety of applications, from backplanes and chassis to 3U and 6U boards of various types. Nearly 300 products are listed in the VITA product directory under VPX, with more added each month.

Companies that develop VPX products are encouraged to contact VITA to join the VPX Marketing Alliance. For more information, visit the VPX Marketing Alliance website at www.vita.com/vpx.

The standard document is available from VITA. Logos, roadmaps and other images are available upon request.

About VITA

Founded in 1984, VITA is an incorporated, non-profit organization of suppliers and users who share a common market interest in critical embedded systems. VITA champions open system architectures. Its activities are international in scope, technical, promotional, and user-centric. VITA aims to increase total market size for its members, expand market exposure for suppliers, and deliver timely technical information. VITA has ANSI and IEC accreditation to develop standards (VME, VXS, VPX, OpenVPX, VPX REDI, XMC, FMC, etc.) for embedded systems used in a myriad of critical applications and harsh environments. For more information, visit www.vita.com.

VITA and the VITA, VMEbus Technology, VXS, VPX, OpenVPX, VPX REDI, XMC, and FMC logos are trademarks of VITA in the United States and other countries. Other names and brands may trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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Pixus Technologies, a supplier of backplane, enclosure, and embedded component solutions, now offers VME64x backplanes in high-power, pluggable, and standard versions.

VME64x (VME64 extensions) backplanes typically come in a 6U height. Pixus offers 6U VME64x backplanes in various slot sizes with power bugs above and below the slots. To meet VITA 1.7 Increased Current specification or high-power VME applications, Pixus also offers 6.5U high backplanes with extra power bugs on the bottom of the board. The backplanes feature automatic daisy chaining, chassis ground connections, and a 10-layer (typical) multilayer construction. They also have a utility connector for sense, fail, reset, and ground signals.

Another power option for VME-based systems is to use a pluggable 47-pin connector. These can be implement in vertical-mount backplanes parallel to the signal slots. Or, the PSU connectors can be incorporated in horizontal-mount backplanes, extending outside of the card cage in a 9U monolithic format. This is also a common configuration for CompactPCI SlimBox backplanes. Pixus offers 9U VME64x backplanes in the horizontal format in 2-8 slot sizes.

The Pixus Backplane Division also offers backplanes in OpenVPX, CompactPCI, PCIe, ATCA, and custom designs.

ASHBURN, VA – May 7, 2012 – Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS), a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Controls, has announced that the industry leading rugged embedded VPX3-685 Secure Ethernet Router has been accepted for Common Criteria certification under the Communications Security Establishment Canada’s (CSEC) Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme (CCS). With much of the evaluation already underway, Curtiss-Wright expects to complete the EAL2+ (Evaluation Assurance Level 2) certification in the next three to four months.

“We are excited and proud to have reached this notable milestone in our goal to meet the commercial and financial world’s stringent Common Criteria certification process, bringing the highest level of product security to the embedded COTS defense and aerospace market with our VPX3-685 Secure Ethernet Router,” said Lynn Bamford, senior vice president and general manager of Curtiss Wright Controls Defense Solutions. “This compact, rugged 3U VPX card delivers a very high level of performance and delivers the robust network communications and security demanded by the most sensitive military and government applications”.

Common Criteria establishes Protection Profiles that describe which types of Information Assurance (IA) protections are applicable to different product types. Curtiss-Wright has adopted the Network Device Protection Profile (NDPP) as a network Switch and Router, and will augment this profile with the additional security functionality of an embedded Firewall (FW) and a Network Intrusion Detection System (IDS).

The VPX3-685 is also currently undergoing a FIPS 140-2 government security evaluation process to validate the cryptographic functionality of the product against strict standards. The combination of both FIPS 140-2 and Common Criteria evaluations makes the VPX3-685 a top choice in the rugged embedded market.

About the VPX3-685 Secure Ethernet Router

The VPX3-685 is now listed as a Product in Evaluation on the CSE website: www.cse-cst.gc.ca. The VPX3-685 is a rugged OpenVPX™-compliant 3U VPX module that can be configured with up to 20 gigabit Ethernet interfaces. It also provides up to two (2) 10Gb/s Ethernet ports to support switch-to-switch expansion, dual-redundant networks (fail-over), or for architecting high-performance 10Gb/s network backbones. This compact open standards-based board is incorporates the functionality of a switch, router, firewall, VPN/IPSec encryption device, and an IDS system into a single optimized package. The VPX3-685 is designed and highly optimized for use in environments where Size, Weight and Power/Price/Performance (SWaP3) are of concern, such as land vehicles or airborne systems.

The VPX3-685 simplifies the integration of secure gigabit switching and routing into embedded systems designed for harsh environment applications. Targeting highly secure IPv4/v6 Intra-Platform Networks (IPNs), the VPX3-685 is designed to prevent unauthorized access to critical information. It can be used to secure a data storage network, protect critical data across wireless or wide-area networks, or to protect mission critical applications from hostile attacks in the forms of viruses, IP Spoofing, Denial of Service (DoS), and Trojan Horses. Working with network security industry leaders CWCDS designed the VPX3-685 to incorporate a hardware-accelerated SNORT® engine, the de-facto industry standard for Intrusion Detection and Protection. To optimize the board’s performance, CWCDS provides regular IDS signature updates to counter the latest security threats. The VPX3-685 provides unmatched perimeter defense for critical data at the edge of the network.

VPX3-685 Performance Features:

Comprising a single card Unified Threat Management (UTM) system, the VPX3-685’s advanced security and network features include:

• Support for VLANs and VPN (IPSec/PPTP/L2TP) to protect dedicated networks

• A statefull packet inspection firewall to protect against multiple evasive attacks

• Network Address Translation (NAT) routing for IPv4 masquerading

• Port and protocol-based Access Control Lists (ACL) to prevent unauthorized access

• Broadcast Storm Control to protect against network disruption due to packet flooding

• IPv6 with IPSec tunneling for secure communications channels

• Advanced standards based cryptographic functions (encryption, decryption, and authentication)

• Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDS/IPS) protects against malicious attacks

The VPX3-685 Secure Router is the newest addition to CWCDS’ broad family of board and stand-alone switch/router products, including the 683 and 684 series VPX FireBlades, the 680 and 682 series of VME FireBlades, the 3U CompactPCI 681 and the SwitchBox line of fully integrated switch/router subsystems. These networking products complement CWCDS’ extensive range of Single Board Computers, Digital Signal Processors, Graphics and Communications and I/O products.

About Common Criteria

In order to facilitate the rigorous Common Criteria certification process, CWCDS has partnered with Corsec Security, Inc., a leading independent consulting firm with more than fourteen years of security validation experience. “The VPX3-685 Secure Ethernet Router continues to surpass rugged router expectations by pursuing the stringent Common Criteria evaluation process,” said Matthew Appler, CEO, Corsec Security. “Curtiss Wright Controls’ dedication to security standards is clearly exemplified by their diligence throughout this certification effort.”

Common Criteria is an internationally recognized set of guidelines (ISO 15408), which define a common framework for evaluating security features and capabilities of Information Technology security products. The standard consists of several predetermined evaluation assurance levels, each one more stringent than the last. Common Criteria allows vendors to have their products tested against a chosen level by an independent third-party testing laboratory. The Common Criteria Mutual Recognition Agreement (CCRA) is a pact which was designed to allow Common Criteria evaluations to be recognized by all participating countries, regardless of where the evaluation was completed. There are currently 26 countries involved in the CCRA, including the United States and Canadian governments, with others that follow unofficially such as the EU.

Common Criteria certification of security products is mandated by the U.S. government for federal purchases. The National Information Assurance Acquisition Policy, NSTISSP No. 11, requires agencies to purchase only those commercial security products which have met specified third-party assurance requirements and have been tested by an accredited national laboratory.

FIPS Evaluation

Last year, CWCDS announced that VPX3-685 Secure Router is currently undergoing a stringent Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Level 2 cryptographic validation at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP). For more information on the VPX3-685 validation please visit csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp.

Federal agencies, Department of Defense (DoD), industry, and the public rely on cryptography for the protection of information and communications used in electronic commerce, critical infrastructure, and other application areas. Cryptographic modules such as the VPX3-685 process data using sophisticated, secure cryptographic algorithms that provide systems with security services to protect data confidentiality, integrity, and authentication.

Sales & Editorial Contacts

For additional information on CWCDS and its products, please visit: www.cwcdefense.com.

For editorial information regarding Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions products or services, contact John Wranovics, public relations director, Curtiss-Wright Controls, Tel: (925) 640-6402; email. jwranovics@curtisswright.com.

Sales inquiries: Please forward all Sales and reader service inquiries to Jerri-Lynne Charbonneau, Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions, Tel: (613) 254-5112; Fax: (613) 599-7777; e-mail: sales@cwcdefense.com.

About Corsec Security, Inc.

Corsec Security, Inc. specializes in helping companies navigate through the complex process of receiving FIPS 140-2 and Common Criteria (CC) certifications. Corsec’s consulting, document creation, and project management services deliver unmatched expertise in achieving government validation efforts at a firm, fixed price. Corsec partners with companies around the world to achieve local and international certification and to add security functionality to a wide range of products. Corsec minimizes the time, effort and money a vendor needs to invest in validation while ultimately maximizing the return on that investment. For further information, please visit www.corsec.com.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions

Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions (CWCDS) is a long established technology leader in the development of rugged electronic modules and systems for defense applications. CWCDS serves as a technology and integration partner to its customers, providing a full range of advanced, highly engineered solutions from modular open systems approaches to fully custom optimized solutions. Our unmatched capabilities and product breadth span from industry standard based COTS modules to complete electronic subsystems. The company’s modules and systems are currently deployed in a wide range of demanding defense & aerospace applications including C4ISR systems, unmanned subsystems, mission computing, fire control, turret stabilization, and recording & storage solutions. Additionally, the company’s broad engineering capabilities combine systems, software, electrical, and mechanical design expertise with comprehensive program management and a broad range of life-cycle support services. For more information visit www.cwcdefense.com.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Curtiss-Wright Controls is the Motion Control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) introduces XPedite7450, a rugged COM Express® module that complies with the PICMG COM Express Basic form factor (95mm x 125mm) and supports an enhanced Type 6 pinout. The XPedite7450 can be hosted on a standard COM Express carrier card or a custom carrier card built to include additional end-user requirements, or it can be integrated into an X-ES XPand6000 Small Form Factor (SFF) rugged system. Based on the 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i7 quad-core processor, the XPedite7450 operates at up to 2.2 GHz to deliver enhanced performance and efficiency, making it an excellent processor mezzanine for commercial, industrial, and military applications.

Designed and tested for the harshest military, aerospace, and industrial environments, the XPedite7450 includes enhancements above and beyond commercial COM Express modules. It provides a rugged and reliable COTS processor mezzanine solution with these benefits:

• Incorporates the same design and manufacturing principles as all X-ES Level 5 rugged products

• Designed and tested for operation from -40 to +85ºC

• Includes additional mounting holes for increased structural integrity

• Provides extended shock and vibration capabilities for operation in harsh environments

• Features conduction-cooled and air-cooled applications supported by a single design

• Soldered-down memory replaces less rugged/reliable SO-DIMMs

• Utilizes tin-lead manufacturing process to mitigate tin-whisker effects (RoHS-compliant process is also available)

• Provides BIT support

Targeting the quad-core Intel Core i7-3612QE processor with clock speeds up to 2.1 GHz, the XPedite7450 features up to 16 GB of DDR3-1333/DRR3-1600 ECC SDRAM, an integrated high-performance 3D graphics controller, enhanced Type 6 pinout, five Gen2 PCI Express ports, four USB 2.0 high-speed ports, six SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, and an Intel® High Definition Audio port. BSPs for Linux, INTEGRITY, and VxWorks and Windows drivers are available. QNX, LynxOS, and other OS support may be available, as needed. The XPedite7450 is scheduled for initial delivery in July 2012.

The XPedite7450 is the perfect compute element for the rugged XPand6000 SFF system. Supporting natural conduction and convection cooling with minimal SWaP, an XPand6000-based system can be bolted to almost any available surface of a small UAV, ground vehicle, or heavy equipment. In an extremely small and lightweight package weighing as little as 3.5 lbs. and only taking up 72 cubic inches, XPand6000 systems combine high-performance processing and application specific I/O added via PMCs/XMCs to provide MIL-STD-1553, CANbus, video input, RS-232/422, GPIO, A/D, D/A and other I/O.

In addition to COM Express, X-ES is supporting 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i7 processors across our seven other industry-standard form factors: 3U VPX, 6U VPX, 3U CompactPCI, 6U CompactPCI, VME, air-cooled PrPMC/XMC, and conduction-cooled PrPMC/XMC. The XPedite7470 3U VPX Single Board Computer (SBC) and the XCalibur4401 6U CompactPCI SBC, as well as the XPedite7450, are the first available products to use these processors.

About X-ES — Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES), a 100% U.S.A. based company, designs and builds single-board computers, I/O boards, power supplies, backplanes, chassis, and system-level solutions for embedded computing customers. X-ES offers cutting-edge performance and flexibility in design, plus an unparalleled level of customer support and service. For further information on X-ES products or services, please visit our website at www.xes-inc.com, or call (608) 833-1155.

Bohemia, NY, May 3, 2011 — North Atlantic Industries (NAI) announces the availability of a 3U cPCI COTS Single Board Computer (SBC) solution with dual high speed/performance function module slots for configurable multi-function I/O interface expansion. Powered by Freescale’s 1.2 GHz QorIQ P2041 Power Architecture processor, the 75SBC4 offers an extremely low power, cost-conscious processing and I/O solution ideally suited for sensor and communication data acquisition, distribution, processing and management for a wide range of land, sea and air military platforms.

Two I/O function slots enable integrators to mix-and-match a variety of I/O, communications functions and/or SATA II NAND Flash memory. The 75SBC4 configured with two functions enables systems integrators to confidently manage, monitor and process a host of sensor interfacing requirements with NAI’s flexible, fully programmable I/O modules. This configurable, unique COTS design offers a broad assortment of signal interfaces including Digital I/O (Discrete, Differential, TTL/CMOS); Analog I/O (A/D, D/A, RTD, Strain Gage); Motion Control and Sensor Interfaces (Synchro/Resolver/LVDT/ RVDT Measurement and Simulation, Encoder/Counter) and Communications Interfaces (Serial RS-232/422/423/485, CANBus, MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429/575).

In addition, the 75SBC4 supports the following:

• Up to 4GB DDR3 SDRAM

• Up to 256 MB user flash

• 1 x RS232, 1 x USB, 1 x I2C & 2 x Gig-E

• Wind River Linux (4.3) and VxWorks (6.x) BSP

• All I/O data available on Ethernet and/or cPCI

• Two function slots

• NAI full complement of I/O and communications

• SATA interface for up to 256GB Flash SSD

“We offer customers more than just an SBC with a minimal selection of PMC functionality,” said Lino Massafra, Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “With added capability that supports a full range of field-proven I/O, communications and memory interface options all on one board, our customers reduce SWaP and overall system costs. Modular mix-and-match I/O and memory with a powerful QorIQ P2041 Quad-Core SBC provides an unprecedented single slot processing and I/O solution. ”

Typical applications include high-performance, low-power, space constrained systems requiring available proven COTS I/O, communications and memory configurations without the need for custom circuit card assemblies. Pricing for a standard configuration of the 75SBC4 starts at $4,986 in quintiles of 100+.

North Atlantic Industries

North Atlantic Industries (NAI) is a leading independent supplier of Embedded I/O Boards, Single Board Computers, Rugged Power Supplies, Embedded Systems, Motion Simulation and Measurement Instruments for the Military, Aerospace and Industrial Industries. NAI provides the highest quality COTS and modified COTS products in Commercial, Extended Temperature and Rugged versions. Information about NAI and its products can be found at www.naii.com.