Armando Arenai, EUROPEAN DEFENCE ORGANISATION
During the 12 months before the first deployment of a state-of-the-art solid-state modulator, we needed to architect, develop, and test a replacement transmitter control unit to manage the operation of the modulator’s radar transmitter. We took advantage of highly flexible, reconfigurable NI R Series and FlexRIO products and the short development cycle of LabVIEW FPGA, which offered the perfect solution to meet deadlines and provide inherent savings compared with other commercial off-the-shelf or custom products.

Avinash Chenreddy and Satya Gopal Panigrahi, CONSTELLI

Today’s complex radars demand sophisticated solutions to test their functionalities and signal-processing abilities. Learn how engineers at Constelli have developed an advanced radar target simulator with range, velocity, RCS, antenna pattern, and multitarget trajectory simulation using the NI PXI RF platform and NI LabVIEW FPGA from the ground up in three months.

Dr. Massimo Sciotti, ELETTRONICA

The wide availability of high-performing commercial-off-the-shelf hardware units has paved the way for building reconfigurable, general-purpose architectures that serve multiple test and evaluation (T&E) purposes. Ranging from design support to on-site validation, including sensors verification before integration on the platform, National Instruments devices easily can be composed into complex T&E solutions to fully meet user needs related to state-of-the-art and next-generation EW, ISR, COM and NAV sensors. Simulation and real-time processing techniques, which can be integrated in the NI hardware or developed using plug-in architecture, are key. Scalability, reconfigurability, and customization are the important features of NI T&E assets. View examples and applications of evolving test requirements in EW/ISR.

Christian Korreng and Bernhard Altvater, LXINSTRUMENTS

In this technical presentation, learn how LXinstruments developed complex, scalable test and validation systems used in electronic ground support equipment (EGSE) for satellite testing. The modular approach contains several PXI mainframes with off-the-shelf modules to cover common EGSE functions, complemented by specialized NI PXI FPGA modules and 19 in. instrumentation. The system is controlled either via remote with the OPC UA module, or locally, via the customized GUI.

Steve Romm, AVDOR

The exponential technological advances we are witnessing are also responsible for an increased variety and number of threats. That’s why police, first responders, and armies need EW, jammers, antidrones, and other systems that are field capable and flexible enough to be deployed on the battlefield or around critical infrastructures. Off-the-shelf platforms can provide flexibility, but are not rugged enough for demanding environments. Learn best practices for environmental, mechanical, thermal, and signal design to fortify OTS platforms, such NI SDR, and build reliable, powerful systems that increase defence and security force capabilities.

Santiago Lopez, AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE
Testing is essential in the development and production stage of every aircraft. Airbus D&S Military Aircrafts has reached a very high level of integration to tightly replicate real-flight operation by interconnecting and synchronizing several aircraft systems rigs. The NI test platform provides us with test results that meet our schedule, cost, and quality requirements, all in a unique test facility.

Eric Karlsson, SAAB AERONAUTICS

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulators are very important for developing and verifying the new Gripen E aircraft. When testing the system in an HIL simulator, the zeros and ones in the computer simulation must be converted to real electrical signals suitable for the device under test. National Instruments controllers and signal conditioning products make these conversions possible.

Mark Gallagher, Grand Prix Motor Racing executive

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Javier Gutierrez, NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

Electrical-based subsystems offer clear advantages over their predecessors, driven by technology advancements in power electronics—but simulating and testing these electric and electromechanical systems presents significant challenges. To fully take advantage of the benefits of electrical systems, you need a test platform and methodology that can address these challenges. Learn more about a platform capable of integrating the latest models and algorithms and an ecosystem of vendors servicing this market, that can perform highly deterministic, real-time simulation routines across hundreds or even thousands of cases and capable of integrating I/O, buses, and even RF comms.

Dmitry Soloviov, VR-TECHNOLOGY

Learn about the NI CompactDAQ data acquisition system and how it's being used in VRT300 civil unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) preproduction configuration ground and flight testing. Hear how NI software and hardware solutions implemented upgrades and modifications into the system over the course of testing and incorporated or eliminated certain functions to address specific tasks.

Raghunandan N V,NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

The surest way to suffer an expensive and risky obsolescence event is to fail to plan for vendor, component, and software end-of-life in your test systems. In this session, we discuss the risks and benefits of different obsolescence-management strategies and best practices for reducing risk in long-life test programs.