Cambridge Pixel & EIZO Rugged Solutions  

Altamonte Springs,  FL 
United States
https://www.eizorugged.com/products/radar-processing/

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EIZO Rugged Solutions (ERS) designs and manufactures embedded video capture, GPGPU processing, H.265 encoding solutions, and rugged LCD monitors. ERS serves as the North American distributor of Cambridge Pixel hardware and software solutions for primary radar video capture, processing, and display.

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• Cambridge Pixel Supplies BAE Systems with Radar Processing for New Type 26 Ships (Nov 30, 2021)

  CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, November 3, 2021- The new Type 26 vessels are part of a programme known as the Global Combat Ship, that was launched by the UK Ministry of Defence. Their primary role will be to conduct advanced anti-submarine warfare missions while supporting air defence and general operations. Type 26s will be vital ships for security of shipping around the world for many years to come. UK State Defence Minister Baroness Annabel Goldie said: “These new frigates will be equipped with the most advanced capabilities and technologies, enabling the Royal Navy to counter emerging global threats for decades to come.”

  In terms of their surveillance and sensor capabilities, each Type 26 ship  will be fitted with the BAE Type 997 Artisan 3D air and surface surveillance radar, solid state X and S band navigation radars and a long range IFF interrogator, as well as electro-optical and infrared systems.

  Cambridge Pixel will be supplying its latest generation of SPx radar processing and display software to BAE Systems for the visualisation of primary and IFF video onboard the Combat Management System (CMS) of the new ships. Cambridge Pixel’s SPx radar display software will be integrated into the CMS to receive and display primary and IFF video, with options to combine multiple videos from the two navigation radars on the ship, as well as support per-console combination of different radars. This provides a high degree of flexibility to configure each display with just the relevant information for the operational role of the display.

  Cambridge Pixel’s SPx software will also be provided for server-side radar processing and network distribution, delivering encoded radar video into the virtualised client displays. Within each client, radar information can be combined with map and tactical data to form a complete situational awareness picture. Each client is able to combine different radar layers into a desired picture with track overlays, allowing just the essential information to be presented for each situation.

  “The Cambridge Pixel software delivers considerable flexibility in the way radar information can be processed and distributed around the ship.  It supports the Type 26 Combat System architecture, reduces cost compared to legacy designs and, when integrated with the Combat System allows situational awareness to be presented to the command team where and when its needed.” Steve Carter, Combat System Equipment Programme Delivery Director, BAE Systems

  Commenting on the project, Cambridge Pixel’s Managing Director, David Johnson said “We are pleased to continue our long-standing relationship with BAE systems, providing our SPx radar processing software for the new Type 26 ships.” 

  Under the Type 26 programme, roughly 4,000 jobs are expected to be generated across the UK supply chain. Cambridge Pixel are a proud supplier to BAE Systems with an existing and a long-standing working relationship. Cambridge Pixel’s engineers have been working with BAE Systems for over a decade providing them with ongoing support whenever it is needed, almost as an extension of their own team.

  “We are proud to support BAE’s engineers with our expertise in radar display to help build the best possible systems for the Royal Navy. We’ve enjoyed working with them for more than 10 years, including the deployment of our technologies on the Type 45 ships and the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers...” said Richard Warren, Director of Software at Cambridge Pixel. 

• Cambridge Pixel to supply HPx-250 radar interface cards and SPx radar and IFF (identification friend or foe) plot extraction software to the Naval Air Warfare Centre for deployment on all US Navy CVN, LHA and LHD-class ships. (Nov 30, 2021)

  CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, April 6, 2021 – Cambridge Pixel, a developer of radar display, tracking and recording sub-systems, is supplying its HPx-250 PMC radar interface cards and SPx radar and IFF plot extraction software to the Naval Air Warfare Centre for the United States Navy’s AN/SYY-1 Shipboard Air Traffic Control Processing and Display System.

  The AN/SYY-1 is the US Navy's upgrade to the AN/TPX-42 system used for shipboard air traffic control. The new system will be deployed on all CVN-class aircraft carriers as well as on helicopter landing ships (LHA and LHD-class vessels). Cambridge Pixel’s technology will be used to process radar returns, extract radar and IFF plots and display radar video from the primary and secondary radar video on all the ships.

  Engineers developing the AN/SYY-1 system at the Naval Air Warfare Center – Webster Outlying Field (NAWC WOLF) in Saint Inigoes, Maryland, USA, needed a radar acquisition card and supporting software that provided radar plot extraction, IFF plot extraction, radar distribution and scan conversion. The AN/SYY-1 system uses a multi-sensor tracker to provide the Air Controller with a fused (composite) track comprised from all available sensors.

  David Kenney, electronics engineer, Naval Air Warfare Center's Shipboard Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems, said: "We chose the Cambridge Pixel HPx-250 PMC card because it satisfied our three key requirements in a low powered, small form factor solution. The Cambridge Pixel team has also worked closely with NAWC WOLF personnel during development and responded to requests for unique modifications in an economical and timely manner."

  David Johnson, CEO, Cambridge Pixel, said: "We are delighted to be offering our modular HPx and SPx radar processing components into this technology refresh program. We have incorporated considerable flexibility into the radar interfacing and data processing modules which has allowed us to accommodate the needs of the AN/SYY-1 upgrade."

  Cambridge Pixel's HPx-250 is a PMC-format daughterboard that fits onto a VME processor board. The card receives radar signals, including video, trigger and azimuth, and passes the digitised and processed video to the SPx Server plot extraction software, which runs on the host computer.

  For combined primary and IFF requirements, two HPx-250 cards are deployed on a single VME processor, with one instance of SPx Server software handling IFF decoding and plot extraction, and the other handling primary video plot extraction and video processing.

  For IFF video, mode tags embedded in the video are used to identify the interrogation mode to permit correct decoding of altitude and call sign data. For primary radar video, plots are identified as areas of video passing a target-like acceptance criteria. Plots, along with digitised video, are passed out of SPx Server into downstream track processing and display.

  Cambridge Pixel's HPx-250 card is part of a family of radar acquisition and processing components that provide system integrators with a powerful toolkit to build server and client display systems. A wide variety of signal types and input voltages are supported on the card, allowing connection to a diverse range of commercial and military radar types including those from Furuno, Hensoldt, JRC, Koden, Raytheon, Sperry, Terma, as well as specialist military radars.

  The company's SPx suite of software libraries and applications provides highly flexible, ready-to-run software products or 'modules-of-expertise' for radar scan conversion, visualisation, radar video distribution, target tracking, sensor fusion, plot extraction and clutter processing.

  Cambridge Pixel's radar technology is used in naval, air traffic control, vessel traffic, unmanned systems, Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS), commercial shipping, security, surveillance and airborne radar applications.

  Its systems and software have been implemented in mission-critical applications with companies such as BAE Systems, Frontier Electronic Systems, Blighter Surveillance Systems, Exelis, Hanwha Systems, Kelvin Hughes, Lockheed Martin, Navtech Radar, Raytheon, Royal Thai Air Force, Saab Sensis, Sofresud and Tellumat.

• Cambridge Pixel Expands its Air Defense Software Product Range to Include Threat Evaluation (Nov 30, 2021)

  CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, September 13, 2021 – Cambridge Pixel, a developer of radar display, tracking and recording sub-systems, announces expanded capabilities for its ASD Air Defence software product family with the support of threat evaluation and weapons assignment (TEWA) and asset management functions.

  The new capabilities expand the scope of the existing ASD product family to include real-time evaluation of threats and the ability to optimally allocate available resources. A distributed database permits information to be published and shared across multiple sites, regionally or nationally, allowing the threat assessment module to read up-to-date status information on the availability and status of assets.

  ASD product family includes the ASD-100, a PC-based air surveillance display application that provides an integrated display picture for primary radar, IFF and ADS-B target information. ASD-100 allows alarm areas and alarm conditions to be defined to enable early detection of dangers or events of interest, and flight plans may be viewed for specific targets.
  
  Related modules include IFF plot extraction, primary and IFF target tracking, system monitoring, alarm management and data recording. The software is provided as modular components that can be configured for different scales of air defence applications from local to country-wide scope. With the ability to interface to a wide range of radar types, the Cambridge Pixel ASD solution is compatible with older radar models as well as the latest generation of network-based radar interfaces. 

  David Johnson, CEO, Cambridge Pixel, said: “ The new TEWA capability expands the scope of Cambridge Pixel’s air defence product family. The modular product range allows us to offer cost-effective solutions to upgrade existing installations using legacy radars where appropriate to minimise costs.”

  Cambridge Pixel’s radar technology is used in naval, air traffic control, vessel traffic, commercial shipping, security, surveillance and airborne radar applications. Its systems have been implemented in mission-critical applications with companies such as BAE Systems, Frontier Electronic Systems, Blighter Surveillance Systems, Exelis, Hanwha Systems, Kelvin Hughes, Lockheed Martin, Navtech Radar, Raytheon, Saab Sensis, Royal Thai Air Force, Sofresud and Hensoldt.

• EIZO Expands Its Line of COTS Rugged Monitors with Three Customizable Models that Comply with MIL Standards (Dec 07, 2021)

  Altamonte Springs, Florida, March 17, 2021 – EIZO Rugged Solutions Inc., a provider of ruggedized graphics and video products, has released three rugged LCD monitors to join its current lineup – Talon RGD3202W (32-inch), RGD2802 (28-inch), and RGD2102W (21.5-inch).

  The Talon series of COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) rugged LCD monitors offers a range of sizes, screen resolutions, and feature sets for displaying highly detailed rugged applications such as those used in naval display systems, target tracking, mission/ground control centers, and airborne ISR operations. They are ready to be deployed in extreme environments with ruggedized features such as sunlight readability (optional), water resistance with IP65 (front), built-in heaters (optional), and conformal coating to protect components. They are tested for vibration, shock, altitude, and extreme temperatures to comply with MIL-STD-810 and MIL-STD-461.

  The RGD3202W is a 32-inch model with 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution for displaying highly detailed rugged applications in full across a spacious screen. It also supports simultaneous display from more than one input so multiple applications can be viewed on a single screen, providing operators with a centralized view of important information.

  The RGD2802 is a 28-inch square model with 2K x 2K (2048 x 2048) resolution. It is ideal for military and mobile air traffic control centers for displaying radar and other high-resolution visual data. The square format and customizable housing allow it to be easily adapted to existing consoles.

  The RGD2102W is a 21.5-inch, Full HD (1920 x 1080) model with optional NVIS (Night Vision Imaging System) support for environments using night vision equipment. EIZO carries out the production process for NVIS support in-house, including the measurement and adjustment of NVIS display characteristics for every unit, and complies with MIL-STD-3009. NVIS support is also available as an option for other Talon rugged monitors.

  Talon monitors are custom made to fit specific requirements to help customers fulfill their project goals – LED backlight customization, projected capacitive (PCAP) and analog resistive touchscreen options, custom housing, interfaces, image enhancement technology, optical bonding, increased temperature endurance, and more are tailored to suit each rugged environment and application.      

  Every Talon rugged monitor is designed, manufactured, and tested in-house by expert engineers at EIZO’s own facilities. This includes the monitor’s main controller board and other circuitry, LCD unit, optical bonding, housing, and more. This allows EIZO to control the production process from development onward to ensure quality, minimize delivery lead time, and provide extended lifecycle support.

  Additional Features

  ・Range of customizable interfaces including 3G-SDI, DisplayPort, D-Sub, DVI, HDMI, RGB, USB, and serial communication

  ・Conformal coating of the PCB (printed circuit board) to protect components in harsh environments

  ・Optional sunlight readability (high brightness)

  ・Optional heater for protection against low temperatures

  ・Optional image enhancement technology (defog/dark area compensation)

• 6U OpenVPX/SOSA Aligned GPGPU Processing Card with Dual NVIDIA Turing RTX GPUs for Sensor and Data-Driven Missions (Dec 07, 2021)

  Altamonte Springs, Florida, September 22, 2021 – EIZO Rugged Solutions Inc., a provider of ruggedized graphics and video products, has introduced the Condor XR1 6U VPX Series – an OpenVPX™ 6U form factor high-performance computer (HPC) and GPGPU processing card based on the NVIDIA® Turing™ architecture using either the NVIDIA RTX5000™ or NVIDIA RTX3000™ platforms.

  The Condor XR1 6U VPX Series offers High-Performance Embedded Computing Systems (HPEC) with a solution that delivers multi-card performance, resulting in reduced system SWaP and increased compute capabilities. When utilizing the RTX5000 (TU104) GPU, the card offers up to 6150 CUDA cores, 768 Tensor cores, 96 RT cores, and provides up to 18.98 TFLOP floating-point 32 performance with CUDA™ and OpenCL™ support.

  With two NVIDIA RTX GPU variants available, the Condor XR1 6U VPX Series provides compute flexibility for systems that are power or thermal-sensitive and allows for future program upgrades. The cards support up to eight DisplayPort++ video outputs and has dedicated H.264/H.265 (HEVC) encoding/decoding engines. 

  Selwyn L. Henriques, president and CEO of EIZO Rugged Solutions, said: “The Condor XR1 6U VPX Series provides data-driven mission systems with a (6U single-slot) dual-GPU-based computing solution that meets the ever-evolving needs of ISR applications.”

  “There is a big demand for enhanced processing capabilities in HPEC applications, as more and more sensors need to be processed at even faster rates. The challenge is designing a product that checks all boxes. The Condor XR1 6U VPX Series does just that – low-latency GPGPU processing including AI, flexible support for external high-speed I/O, and customizations to support many different design integrations utilizing the OpenVPX standard.”

  Each GPU can be individually configured to route to various endpoint configurations, as each PCI-e switch also enables mating IO modules to communicate to the CPU or directly to the GPUs themselves via NVIDIA RDMA.

  The NVIDIA RTX platform has increased performance in AI and deep learning and double the parallel processing capabilities from previous generations. This solution is ideal for sensor-intensive applications such as unmanned systems, airborne radar, Signal Intelligence (SIG-INT), Electronic Warfare (EW), and Digital Signal Processing (DSP). 

  This product is available in conduction cooled or air-cooled formats and supports PCI Express Gen 3.0 (16, 8 or 4 lane). This card is tested to MIL-STD-810 standards and is offered in either OpenVPX VITA 65 or SOSA-aligned configurations. 

  For more information about the Condor XR1 6U VPX Series or any other product from EIZO Rugged Solutions, please visit www.eizorugged.com, email condor@eizo.com or call +1 (407) 262-7100.

• OpenVPX 3U Graphics/GPGPU Card for Compute Processing and AI Applications in the Defense Market (Dec 07, 2021)

  Altamonte Springs, Florida, October 6, 2020 – EIZO Rugged Solutions Inc., a provider of ruggedized graphics and video products, has introduced the Condor GR5S-RTX5000 – a rugged OpenVPX 3U form factor graphics & GPGPU card that hosts the discrete NVIDIA® Quadro RTX™ 5000 GPU (TU104). This card configuration is aligned with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ (SOSA) technical standard.

  Powered by NVIDIA Turing™ architecture, the Condor GR5S-RTX5000 delivers exceptional GPGPU processing with AI capabilities for rapid detection and response to threats. The new board is designed for latency-sensitive applications supporting ISR, Degraded Visual Environments (DVE), Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Electronic Warfare (EW), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Data Science projects.  

  John Payne, Sr. Product Manager said: “We are excited to be releasing an additional SOSA-aligned solution to the 3U form factor market as we are committed to designing products that support the SOSA and OpenVPX standard.

  The Condor GR5S-RTX5000 is a powerful GPU-based video graphics processing solution with open architecture design configurations to promote product interoperability, reduce risk, and simplify system integrations.” 

  The Condor GR5S-RTX5000 offers up to 9.4 TFLOPs of FP32 floating-point performance with 16 GB GDDR6 memory, 48 RT Ray-Tracing Cores for real-time rendering of photorealistic objects, and 384 Tensor Cores for deep learning training. With 3072 CUDA cores for parallel processing, this GPGPU card also supports advanced shading technologies such as Mesh, Texture, and Variable Rate Shading. This product is being offered supporting SOSA x8 and x16 PCIe configurations and non-SOSA configurations supporting DisplayPort/DVI video outputs. 

  The rugged Condor GR5S-RTX5000 delivers real-time throughput for encoding applications with a dedicated H.264 and H.265 encode engine (NVENC) and a dedicated decoding core for playback (NVDEC), supporting an unrestricted number of encoding sessions with a performance throughput, verified in house, of 24x concurrent 1080p30 sessions at default power settings. This product meets strict data integrity requirements for mission-critical applications with uncompromised computing accuracy and reliability.

  Like all of EIZO Rugged Solutions’ VPX cards, the Condor GR5S-RTX5000 is MIL-STD-810 compliant and is designed to meet military and aerospace specifications for temperature, shock, vibration, and power.

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