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Abaco Wins $4+ Million Order To Help Equip Fighter Aircraft With Next Generation Radar
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., — February 12, 2019 Abaco today announced that it has won substantial orders from a leading systems integrator that sees Abaco’s 3U VPX single board computers, FPGA cards and FPGA mezzanine cards deployed as part of a major radar systems upgrade for two classes of jet fighter for the USAF. The program will likely be extended to include upgrades for aircraft operated by the US Navy and by armed forces in Europe. The order was...
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Securing the supply chain
In this blog post for Military Embedded Systems, Abaco COO Chris Cummins discusses what we at Abaco see as one of the most pressing concerns for our industry, and one that we take extremely seriously - the issue of ensuring the absolute security of our supply chain.
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Abaco Announces FMC172 FMC Module with Industry-Leading Digital/Analog and Analog/Digital Performance for Advanced Electronic Warfare Applications
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., — January 29, 2019 Abaco today announced the FMC172 Wideband Low Latency FMC Module. Designed for customers developing advanced embedded computing applications in electronic warfare, digital radar, wide band receivers and wireless communications SDR among others, it brings industry leading ADC and DAC functionality on a single card. The FMC172 is based on the latest high performance ADC device from Texas Instruments and DAC...
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Abaco at GA-ASI industry showcase
Last week, we were at an industry showcase hosted by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, who manufacture remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, electro-optic and related mission systems. The showcase was organized to recognize UK companies that are contributing to the development of the MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPA, as well as in-service RPA such as MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Gray Eagle. A variant of the new generation MQ-9B SkyGuardian has been...
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Abaco Proposes Takyon API to Khronos Group for Consideration as New Open Standard for High Performance Embedded Computing Application Development
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., — January 16, 2019 Abaco today announced that it had proposed its Takyon API to the Khronos® Group for consideration by an Exploratory Group that Khronos has created to gauge industry interest in a potential new, royalty-free open standard that could transform the way applications are developed on heterogeneous computers. The Khronos ® Group is an open consortium of leading hardware and software companies creating advanced...
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Abaco Wins Significant Orders for High Performance FPGA Platforms for Next Generation Airborne Radar System
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., — Dec.12, 2018 Abaco today announced that the company has won significant orders from a major US prime contractor for its 3U Xilinx® Zynq® Ultrascale+™ MPSoC Processors with 1553 interface modules. They will be deployed over the next seven years within the central processing module of an advanced, next generation airborne radar system designed to deliver enhanced warfighter survivability. Total value of the program to Abaco...
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Abaco Announces Appointment of Dualos as Authorized Distributor for Avionics Products in Test and Simulation Market
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— December 4 2018 Abaco today announced that it has appointed Dualos LLC as an authorized distributor for Abaco’s extensive range of avionics products in the test and simulation market. Dualos has a market focus on, and far-reaching expertise in, test and simulation, and will initially serve the North American market. The company plans to expand in high growth avionics geographies. Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, Dualos has...
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Abaco Announces Powerful New 3U VPX Video/Graphics/GPGPU Boards Based on NVIDIA Pascal GPU Technology
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— November 27 2018 Abaco Systems today announced the rugged 3U VPX GR2 and GR4 video and graphics cards. Designed for military and defense applications as well as challenging commercial/industrial applications, both feature the newest generation NVIDIA® Pascal™ GPUs, enabling them to deliver up to 6.4 TeraFLOPS of performance and offer up to 4.5x the performance of their predecessor, Abaco’s GRA113 video/graphics board. The two...
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Buy American may be solution to cyber warfare attacks on embedded computing with Chinese spy chips
In this article for Military & Aerospace magazine, editor-in-chief John Keller talks to Abaco chief operating officer Chris Cummins about the potential dangers of the military supply chain being infiltrated by foreign powers.
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Abaco to Collaborate with EIZO Rugged Solutions to Bring Leading Edge Video Processing, HPEC Solutions to Customers in Military, Aerospace
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— November 20 2018 Abaco Systems today announced that it had entered into a collaboration with visual technology leader EIZO® Rugged Solutions and its NVIDIA® Pascal®-based products. The collaboration will see Abaco expanding its existing NVIDIA-based board and system family by leveraging EIZO Rugged Solutions’ experience and expertise to respond to the growing military/aerospace customer requirements for advanced video...
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Perspecta Announces Partnership with Abaco Systems to Bring its 1553 Bus Defender Product to Market
Chantilly, Va.— November 15, 2018— Perspecta Inc., announced today that its innovative research arm, Perspecta Labs, has entered into a partnership with Abaco Systems, Inc. (Abaco), to bring its 1553 Bus Defender™ product to market. Warfighting systems are built for longevity and require a sophisticated means of communication, but with that comes advanced vulnerabilities. The 1553 Bus Defender solution from Perspecta Labs, developed on a...
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Abaco Wins Orders to Support Electronic Intelligence Upgrade for Range of Manned and Unmanned Aircraft
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— November 13 2018 Abaco today announced that the company has won significant orders from a major US prime contractor that will see its 6U VPX-based RFSoC board deployed on a range of manned and unmanned aircraft as part of a comprehensive ELINT (electronic intelligence) upgrade. Total value of the order to Abaco over the next two years is expected to be in excess of $2 million. The board offers 16 ADC and DAC channels through...
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New Three-in-One Tool Helps Engineers Conquer 1553 Testing
In this article for Aviation Today, Woodrow Bellamy III looks at the challenges facing those maintaining 1553 systems, and how the BT3-USB-MON is designed to address them.
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VME: does it have a future?
In this article for Embedded Systems Engineering, Richard Kirk describes the many reasons why Abaco remains committed to the continuing development of VME solutions.
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Abaco Makes Innovative VP430 Direct RFSoC Processing System Available for Fast Shipment
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— October 23 2018 Abaco Systems today announced that, not only has the company begun full production of its newly-announced VP430 Direct RF Processing System – first customer shipments occurred in September - but that it is actively creating inventory for those customers needing short-turn delivery before the end of the year. “We’re seeing enormous demand for the VP430 - beyond even our expectations – with numerous enquiries as...