We all know of large, precision-guided weapons. Weighing in at about 3,000 pounds and with a unit price over $1M, the latest generation cruise missiles can be launched from the safety of a ship and travel over 1,000 miles with the necessary precision to minimize collateral damage. These missiles include advanced electronics such as datalinks, radar altimeters, inertial guidance, and digital processing. While they represent the culmination of decades long technology development, an emerging need for smaller precision-guided munitions is forcing the defense electronics industry to find novel ways of building extremely compact, but also modular, systems. Developing a precision-guided capability small enough to fit into a munition that weighs less than 0.1% of a cruise missile, all for a fraction of the cost, requires a new approach built from the ground up.
Recommended
White Paper: The Need for Direct RF in an Evolving Defense Environment
This white paper describes next generation direct RF to redefine what’s possible in radar and software radio, from jamming to electronic intelligence to significant bandwidth performance.
Article: The role of image and video processing
Image processing technology allows military aircraft to operate in past prohibited areas. Multi-sensor systems allow aircraft to operate in smoke, fog, snow, and heavy rain environments.
Direct RF technology to advance edge digital signal processing
Direct RF technology disrupts traditional acquisition techniques, delivering huge speed and processing advancements. Learn how direct RF affects the world of EW, radar and signal intelligence.
Webinar: Universal Storage for Fast Access to All Data at the Edge
For the first time in the market, there is an affordable, scalable ruggedized all-flash network-attached data storage solution purpose-built for challenging mission-critical applications.
Webinar: MOSA Virtual Summit: Bringing MOSA to C5ISR and Electronic Warfare Applications
Mercury's Rodger Hosking joins David Tremper, Director, Acquisition Integration and Interoperability, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (OUSD) and industry experts for the MOSA virtual summit.
White Paper: Real-Time Defense Systems Response Will Require PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 protocol benefits a new generation of rugged, deployable application platforms with doubled bandwidth and is an integral part of the latest devices from industry giants, Intel and NVIDIA.
White Paper: Placing Data Center Storage Technology at the Tactical Edge
Mercury and VAST make cutting-edge data center technology available for defense and other harsh-environment applications, enabling low-latency processing, scalability and data security in the field.
RF Signal Acquisition Demo
Mercury supports the most critical application development with signal chain solutions from a single vendor that can be integrated with interchangeable tuners, data acquisition cards and recorder...
Webinar: Learn About Conformance to the SOSA™ Technical Standard
Listen to experts involved in the SOSA Consortium and the standard’s development discuss the elements of conformance to the Technical Standard, the upcoming 1.0 release, and the certification process
This is not a drill: Preparing for a severe cyber storm
Designing post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is much more than just implementing an algorithm. You need industry-leading solutions that address all aspects of advanced cryptographic development. Read...
Disaggregating processing is now enabling low-latency, network-attached everything at the edge with high-speed Ethernet connectivity, from GPU servers to NVMe-over-fabric storage devices.
White Paper: A Generational Leap in Edge Computing with the Versal ACAP
SWaP-optimized and ruggedized for operation in harsh environments, learn how Mercury ’s ACAP-based solutions will bring new levels of application capability to the tactical edge.
Webinar: Using NVIDIA-Based Distributed Processing to Speed Mission-Critical AI at the Edge
For the first time in the market, there is an optimized network-attached rugged distributed GPU processing system purpose-built for challenging AI edge workloads. Join NVIDIA & Mercury to learn more.
3:46Vodcast: Enabling the Army to get higher performance and SWaP optimization in a smaller footprint
Live from the International Armored Vehicle Show in Austin, Texas, discover how Mercury is enabling the #army to get higher performance and #SWaP optimization in a smaller footprint when 3U VPX is not
Podcast: Tom Smelker on The Importance of Building Trusted and Secure Microelectronics
Tom Smelker, VP and GM of Mercury Microsystems, talks with 3DIncites on The Importance of Building Trusted and Secure Microelectronics.
White Paper: Processing Evolution for the Future Electronic Battlespace
Electronic battlefield complexity is a growing challenge. New, more sophisticated RF processing capabilities must be rapidly developed and deployed to operate successfully in contested environments.
Vodcast: Mercury Microelectronics SHIPs Out with RF SiPs
Tom Smelker, VP & GM of Mercury Microelectronics, discusses the company's new RFS1140 RF system-in-package as well as its broader involvement with the U.S. Navy's SHIP project.