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Abaco Systems Names Christopher G. Cummins Chief Operating Officer
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— 12 Mar 2018 Abaco Systems, a global leader in rugged embedded computing systems for aerospace, defense and industrial applications, today announced the appointment of Mr. Christopher G. Cummins as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Cummins will be responsible for all operational functions including engineering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, and logistics. In addition, he will work with the executive team...
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The path to smarter, autonomous radar and EW platforms
In this article for Military Embedded Systems, Marina Iriarte, Technology Editor, talks to Abaco's Director of Business Development, Technology Peter Thomson, about the role artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning techniques are playing in building the electronic warfare systems of the future.
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Abaco Announces High Performance 3U VPX FMC+ FPGA Carrier Featuring Xilinx Ultrascale+, Zynq Ultrascale+ Technology
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— 6 March 2018 Abaco Systems today announced the VP889 high performance FPGA processing board, which features Xilinx®’s latest Ultrascale+™ device, together with Zynq® Ultrascale+ technology for advanced security. In line with Abaco’s commitment to provide customers with simple, cost-effective upgradability/technology insertion that enables them to reach new levels of performance, the VP889 delivers a form, fit and function...
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MIL-STD-1553: Do we know too much – or too little?
In this blog post for Military Embedded Systems, Abaco Director of Product Management, Advanced RF and DSP Haydn Nelson wonders whether we take MIL-STD-1553 too much for granted, and whether familiarity is breeding contempt.
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Abaco Systems to Offer CoreAVI’s COTS-D DO-254/ED-80 DAL A Certifiable Hardware IP Solutions to Military and Civil Avionics Markets
Embedded World, 2018, Nuremburg, Germany - February 27, 2018 - Core Avionics & Industrial Inc. (“CoreAVI”) and Abaco Systems, a global leader in open architecture rugged embedded systems, unveiled today their strategic partnership to bring COTS DO-254/ED-80/DO-178C/ED-12C certifiable hardware and software solutions to military and civil avionics markets. CoreAVI offers the industry’s first COTS Hardware IP solutions which are safety...
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Minimizing Latency in Mission-Critical Video Processing Applications
In this article (page 6) for Embedded Systems Engineering magazine, Abaco's Director of Product Marketing for Advanced RF and DSP, Haydn Nelson describes how combining the inherent flexibility of FPGA technology with a modular hardware architecture that complies with industry standards makes sense.
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Abaco Systems Names William Read Chief Financial Officer
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Abaco Systems, a leading-edge provider of rugged, embedded systems, today announced the appointment of William Read as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Read will be responsible for all financial transactions and functions, including accounting, compliance, tax, treasury, reporting, planning, analysis and risk management and will work with the executive team to develop key strategies to accelerate growth. “We...
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Making COTS great again
In this article for Military Embedded Systems magazine, Charlotte Adams looks at what COTS was supposed to do - speeding availability and reducing the cost of the technology needed by the military - and how it is once again fulfilling its original promise.
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VITA technologies round table
Abaco’s Richard Kirk and Haydn Nelson join this industry round table , organized by EE Catalog, to discuss what’s going on with the technologies that underpin so many major military programs.
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Electronic warfare systems and open standards at AOC show
In this article for Military Embedded Systems magazine, editor-in-chief John McHale talks to Abaco’s Haydn Nelson, who is Director, Product Management, Advanced RF and DSP. They discuss electronic warfare (EW) technology, the impact of open standards in the EW community, software defined radios (SDRs), and the buzz on the floor the Association of Old Crows (AOC) Annual Meeting Association of the U.S. Army’s (AUSA) last month in Washington.
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Abaco Appoints CoreEL Technologies as Exclusive Distributor for India
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—November 21, 2017 Abaco Systems today announced that it has appointed CoreEL Technologies as its exclusive distributor in India, effective November 1. CoreEL will market, sell and support the full range of Abaco’s products, including single board computers; graphics processors; network switches; RF, DSP and FPGA products; and mission ready systems. More than 1.3 million Indians work in the country’s military/aerospace industry,...
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Minimizing Latency in Mission-Critical Video Processing Applications
In this article for Embedded Systems Engineering, Haydn Nelson - Director of Product Management for RF and DSP at Abaco – looks at how modularity and the use of FPGAs can enable latency to be minimized in advanced video applications while also allowing the design of systems that are both flexible and easy to upgrade in response to changing requirements.
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Meet us at AOC
November 28-30 we'll be at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC at the 54th Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention - an annual event hosted by the Association of Old Crows and attended by leaders in electronic warfare technologies. Come by our stand (Booth 230) to discuss the benefits of a COTS platform approach to building state of the art electronic warfare systems – and the challenges involved in turning them...
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Abaco Announces Modular Solution to Ease Development, Upgrade of Camera Link-based Systems
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— October 17, 2017 Abaco Systems today announced the FMC422 Dual Camera Link FMC (FPGA mezzanine card). VITA 57.1 FMC compliant, it is designed for demanding, mission critical video processing applications that require high performance capture or output together with FPGA processing. The FMC422 is ideally suited for high bandwidth deployments such as degraded visual environments, active protection systems and autonomous vehicles...
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Abaco Systems Names Rich Sorelle Chief Executive Officer
HUNTSVILLE, AL – October 2, 2017 – Abaco Systems (“Abaco”), a provider of leading-edge rugged, embedded mission-ready systems, today announced the appointment of Rich Sorelle as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Abaco is a portfolio company of Veritas Capital. “The embedded computing market is at a vibrant and exciting stage,” said Mr. Sorelle. “Over the past two years, Abaco has established itself as a leading, independent...