GE’s Intelligent Platforms business (NYSE:GE) today announced that it
had been awarded a contract that will see the company undertaking a six
month research program to help the United States Air Force define open
architectures for future generations of radar processors onboard USAF
platforms. The program will be carried out at GE’s HPEC Center of
Excellence in Billerica, MA.
The study involves the benchmarking and optimization of SAR (Synthetic
Aperture Radar) and GMTI (Ground Moving Target Indicator) radar modes on
multiprocessor High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) systems
comprising ‘conventional. CPUs and GPUs (graphics processing units)
interconnected by high speed fabric.
Also included in the award is the development of a lab-based processor
system that has a clear path to rugged deployment on US Air Force
platforms. Such a platform will embrace the open system architecture
(OSA) approach based on open and de facto industry standards and
interfaces in both hardware and software.
“This contract award acknowledges GE’s experience and leadership in the
development of High Performance Embedded Computing solutions – including
those using GPGPU technology - for the most demanding applications, and
the application expertise with which we are able to support our
customers,” said David Tetley, HPEC Systems Engineering Manager at GE’s
Intelligent Platforms business. “It is an exciting project to be working
on as it will help create the radar processor architectures of the
future and can have a significant bearing on the operational efficiency
and effectiveness of the US Air Force in the years to come.”
GE’s High Performance Embedded Computing (HPEC) Center of Excellence
(CoE) provides a focus for the future development of a range of
powerful, flexible products and solutions for military/aerospace
embedded computing.
The primary goal of the Center is to support customer demand for high TRL
(technology readiness level) COTS (commercial off-the-shelf)
solutions that can shorten time-to-market, minimize cost and help to
eliminate program risk, allowing prime contractors, system integrators
and OEMs to focus on value-add and create competitive advantage. The
Center takes advantage of GE’s COTS Rugged
Systems (CRS) capability to support the rapid deployment of systems
to the field.
The Center also supports the development of custom systems that are
configured, tested and integrated with software to meet specific
customer needs. Additionally, consulting services are available through
the HPEC CoE that can help customers with architecture definition,
application development and performance optimization. It can also create
application-focused algorithms for use in performance and capability
demonstrations which can be provided to customers to assist in their
development process.
GE has an extensive range of HPEC solutions
designed for the harsh, demanding environments that are typical of
military deployments. These include focused board level solutions,
complete sub-systems, and an expanding software development environment
that takes advantage of GE’s AXIS – Advanced Multiprocessor Integrated
Software.
About GE’s Intelligent Platforms business
GE’s Intelligent Platforms business (NYSE: GE) is headquartered in
Charlottesville, VA and part of GE Energy Management. The company’s work
in the military/aerospace segment, headquartered in Huntsville, AL, and
Towcester, England, provides one of the industry’s broadest ranges of
high performance, rugged, SWaP-optimized embedded computing platforms.
Backed by programs that provide responsive customer support and minimize
long term cost of ownership for multi-year programs, GE’s solutions are
designed to help customers minimize program risk and cost, and to speed
time-to-market. For more information, visit defense.ge-ip.com.
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