Upgrade provides plane with increased crew protection
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--Wednesday, April 14, 2010-- GE Intelligent Platforms today announced that it had completed delivery of a $6.5 million order from Boeing (Long Beach, CA). The order, to enable the development of upgrades to the US Air Force's B-1B bomber, was received in March 2008, with a requirement for completion in time to enable planned flight testing early in 2011.
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Innovative peer-to-peer software eases challenges of migration to VPX from legacy architectures
of an innovative software capability that addresses a problem faced by military and aerospace customers who want to implement PCI Express™ peer-to-peer connectivity using the VPX architecture. Previously, customers were required to "hand-craft" a solution, with consequent impact on program cost and time to market. This capability will accelerate the adoption of VPX and enable existing platforms to migrate to it with greater ease.
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ADEPT5000 enables longer range tracking, multiple targets, and greater resolution
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--Tuesday, April 06, 2010-- GE Intelligent Platforms today announced the ADEPT5000 range of high performance rugged multi-target video trackers. Leading edge tracking performance is delivered through the use of innovative technologies such as an advanced signature-based pre-processor for rejecting clutter -- improving the ability to distinguish between the target and the background - and a multi-target track engine.
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BusTools-1553 version 7 features intuitive, interactive GUI for ease of use
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA March 25 2010 GE Intelligent Platforms today announced version 7 of the company's BusTools-1553 Bus Analyzer software application. Designed for analyzing, testing and simulating data traffic on the 1553 bus that is at the heart of many military avionics and spacecraft control systems, its GUI interface means that BusTools-1553 v7 is easy to use: training time is reduced, productivity is increased and the potential for errors is minimized.
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Orders placed by Goodrich Space Flight Systems for switch solution
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--Tuesday, March 23, 2010-- GE Intelligent Platforms today announced that it had secured orders from Goodrich Corporation's ISR Systems in Albuquerque, N.M. Goodrich will create a custom version of the GE Intelligent Platforms NETernity™ RM924RC Ethernet switches, and these will play a key role as part of the network control system of the iPEHG (improved Payload Ethernet Gateway) on the International Space Station (ISS).