Performance Engineering

JTRS Update from Military Embedded Systems



By Dean ~ December 20th, 2011. Filed under: SDR & SCA.

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Military Embedded Systems published a very good article covering both the current status of the JTRS program and a little bit of history.  If you’re involved in JTRS and/or SDR, you’ll enjoy this informative piece.

Opportunity:  Systems Engineering Technical Staff — MUOS/JTRS at General Dynamics C4 Systems



By Dean ~ November 20th, 2011. Filed under: Opportunities.

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We recently caught wind of a very interesting opportunity down in Scottsdale.  General Dynamics C4 Systems (GDC4S) has an opening for a Systems Engineer to work on JTRS waveforms.  I hear that this is a fairly senior role and that the successful candidate will have a significant impact on the program.  If you pursue this, [...]

The Winds of Change are Blowing Through JTRS



By Dean ~ October 17th, 2011. Filed under: SDR & SCA.

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The rash of JTRS related announcements and news stories over the past few weeks clearly shows that the program is in transition.  Perhaps we should pause for a moment to see if we can get a handle on the bigger picture.

US Army Nett Warrior EUD:  "This is not a phone"



By Dean ~ October 6th, 2011. Filed under: Industry.

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Wired’s Danger Room covers the Nett Warrior End User Device.  Hint:  "This is not a phone"

Altair’s O²P SDR Processor at the Heart of Harris’ New LTE Device



By Dean ~ September 29th, 2011. Filed under: SDR & SCA.

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Harris’ new MBC-100 “Mobile Subscriber Device” is based on some impressive sounding technology from Altair Semiconductor — the O²P Software Defined Radio processor.

Software Defined EVERYTHING!



By Dean ~ September 27th, 2011. Filed under: SDR & SCA.

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While we may like to toss around the term “Software Defined XYZ”, the truth is that all modern systems are the result of careful tradeoffs between hardware and software.  Grant Martin shares his perspectives on the topic.

Budget Ax Falls on JTRS GMR



By Dean ~ September 23rd, 2011. Filed under: SDR & SCA.

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The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations has slashed funding for GMR due to the unfortunate setbacks in that part of the program.

Finnish Defense Forces Adopt EB’s Tactical Wireless IP Network



By Dean ~ September 19th, 2011. Filed under: SDR & SCA.

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EB, Elektrobit Corporation’s Tactical Wireless IP Network is being deployed by the Finnish Defense Forces.  It looks like some extremely interesting technology.

Embedded System Porting Benefits From Performance Modeling



By paul ~ September 17th, 2011. Filed under: Best Practices, RAMS, SDR & SCA.

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Porting complex embedded systems to new platforms is hard.  Foresight’s Resource Aware Modeling and Simulation methodology can tame the beast.

Kuma Signals Wins $750K Contract to Develop Wireless Comm Tech



By Dean ~ September 15th, 2011. Filed under: SDR & SCA.

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Austin based Kuma Signals just announced that they’ve been awarded a $750K contract from the US Navy to continue developing wireless communications technology.