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Industry’s Highest RF Channel Density 3U VPX Solution Featuring New Xilinx Gen3 RFSoC Technology and Alignment to SOSA™ Technical Standard
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— October 20 , 2020 Abaco Systems announce s the VP431, the next generation of our industry-leading VP430 3U VPX commercial off - the - shelf direct RF processing system , now featur ing the all - new 3rd-generation Xilinx R adio F requency System-o n-Chip (RFSoC ) Technology . The VP431 maximizes I/O channel density, reduces the radio frequency signal chain complexity, and was developed in alignment with the S ensor O pen...
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Abaco Announces Significant Win from Major European Technology Company to Help Equip Helicopter Cabin Computer
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— October 15, 2020 Abaco Systems today announced that it has won orders from a major European technology company that will see Abaco’s range of innovative hardware platforms deployed at the heart of a new helicopter cabin computer. The initial order is valued at $350,000. Total lifetime value to Abaco of the win is expected to be $1.5 million. Design and integration will take place during 2020 with production scheduled to start...
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Top 10 considerations for virtual QMS audit success
In a time of pandemic, a primary concern for manufacturing is summarized in a single word: resiliency. How resilient are your processes, employees and even customers? Much of life has come to a halt in ways we’d never foreseen. Yet even in unprecedented times, manufacturing must go on without compromising standards or safety. In this Plant Engineering article , Alisa Coffey and Rich Mintz share 10 considerations you should keep in mind for...
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Abaco Systems Wins Order to Support Upgrade of Fleet of Fighter Aircraft
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— Oct. 1, 2020 Abaco today announced that it had received orders from a major prime contractor to support the upgrade of the computing capability of a European nation’s fleet of 70 fighter aircraft. Two of Abaco’s rugged 6U VME Power Architecture® single board computers (SBCs) will be at the heart of each multiprocessor onboard mission computer. Insertion of the new single board computers enables four boards to be replaced by two...
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Abaco Systems Announces Significant Upgrades for OpenWare Network Management Software
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— September 29, 2020 Abaco Systems announces a new version of the industry’s most flexible network management software: OpenWare V6.4. The updates in version 6.4 provide a wealth of new features including key innovations allowing for a fully flexible SFP pluggable transceiver configuration support for the GBX25 6U VME managed Ethernet switch. It will also offer NAND-less booting capabilities for the GBX25 , SWE440A , SWE540A...
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Three Abaco Sites Achieve Highest Levels of Quality Certification
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – September 28, 2020 Abaco Systems today announced that its Austin Innovation Center has successfully completed its AS9100 surveillance audit, granting them continued certification standing. Its Innovation Center in Goleta, California did the same for its ISO 9001 certification. These follow successful completion of the AS9100 surveillance audit for the company’s Huntsville, Alabama Innovation Center in May. All were completed...
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Abaco Systems Wins Order to Enable Upgrade of Destroyers’ Onboard Computing
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— September 17, 2020 Abaco today announced that it had received orders from a major US prime contractor that will see the company’s XVR19 rugged 6U VME single board computers deployed on board several of the US Navy’s highest profile destroyers as part of a comprehensive upgrade of the ships’ computing capability. The value of the program to Abaco is more than $4 million. “Abaco’s commitment to the long term viability of the VME...
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The Future of Electronic Warfare Solutions
Microwave Journal shares details about how AMERGINT Technologies' and Abaco Systems are making our soldiers' lives a little easier, safer and in less time . Read more:
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New 6U SBC Incorporates Intel 9th Gen CPU, Aligns with SOSA Technical Standard
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— September 15, 2020 Abaco Systems today announced the SBC6511, a rugged sixth generation 6U single board computer aligned with The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture™, or SOSA™, technical standard that integrates the newest embedded CPU and FPGA technologies for rugged compute-intensive, heavy-throughput applications and gives users a technology insertion at the data plane, expansion plane, and control plane levels. It...
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Abaco Receives Multiple Innovation Awards
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – September 10, 2020 Abaco Systems today announced that three of the company’s products had been recognized by Military & Aerospace Electronics and Intelligent Aerospace as being technological innovations that address defense and aerospace electronics design challenges with real solutions. The innovative solutions honored by Military & Aerospace Electronics and Intelligent Aerospace are the VP430 Direct RF Processing...
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Abaco Announces Significant Win from Major European Astrophysics Research Institute
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— September 2, 2020 Abaco Systems today announced that it has won orders from a major European astrophysics research institute that will see Abaco’s range of innovative hardware platforms deployed at the heart of a new radio telescope system. Total lifetime value to Abaco of the win is expected to be $1.725 million. “While Abaco is primarily associated with providing high performance solutions to the defense market, the number of...
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Abaco Systems to Provide FPGA Systems for Deployment by US Air Force
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— August 19 2020 Abaco today announced that it had won orders from a major systems integrator, who specialize in providing advanced technologies for the aerospace and defense market, for a quantity of Abaco’s PC821 FPGA Cards and FMC120 FPGA Mezzanine Cards. The boards will be deployed in a subsystem that will provide the FPGA processing capability needed to scan, analyze, and action satcom data transmissions for the US Air Force...
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Abaco Announces Expansion of Austin, Texas Innovation Center
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— August 12 2020 Abaco Systems today announced plans to grow the company’s presence in Austin, Texas, the home of its DSP Innovation Center. This expansion follows Abaco’s February move to new headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama and is further evidence of the company’s investment in innovation and continued growth. This significant expansion sees the facility grow almost 50% to over 16,000 square feet, and comes as a result of...
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Abaco Announces SOSA Aligned Multiprocessor for Ultimate Performance in Demanding Applications
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - July 28 2020 Abaco Systems today announced the IPN254, a rugged fourth generation 6U OpenVPX/SOSA aligned heterogeneous multiprocessor solution that leverages Abaco’s partnership relationships. It demonstrates Abaco’s commitment to continuing innovation with the latest technology and performance standards, while aligning with relevant industry standards. In line with Abaco’s commitment to maximizing the value of customer...
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New frontiers in real-time software
Efficient execution is key to real-time mission-critical operating systems software, yet new demands are emerging such as safety critical operations for avionics and other life-critical applications. Abaco's Software Product Manager Francesco Fiaschi talks to Jamie Whitney at Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine .