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March 26, 4:40 EST
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- Officials at Northrop Grumman's Navigation Systems division recently chose VMEbus single-board computers from Themis Computer in Fremont, Calif., for use in upgrading the portable Tactical Air Operations Command and Control System (AN/TYQ-23) units.
The AN/TYQ-23 is a transportable, modularized, automated command and control system capable of controlling and coordinating the activities of air defense weapons ? interceptors and surface-to-air missiles ? in a full range of air operations, Themis officials say. The units are transported in planes, helicopters, and by land over rough terrain. Northrop Grumman engineers are leading the work to develop, test, and implement the AN/TYQ-23 systems upgrades.
Themis's USPIIi-3V board was selected to upgrade the shelter's command and control systems. The USPIIi-3V combines the UltraSPARC IIi, an advanced 64-bit SPARC V.9 superscalar processor from Sun Microsystems, with up to three PMC expansion slots, in a high-speed VME64 architecture. The USPIIi-3V was chosen because of its high performance, reliability, and Themis' responsive support organization, Themis officials claim.
Themis Computer's VME single-board computers are being integrated into new systems and are also used to retrofit existing shelters, Themis officials say. The range of Themis's single-board computers include the new USPIIe, the USPIIi-3V, and the USPIIi-1V, a rugged, single-slot UltraSPARC IIi VME engine with expandable I/O architecture. Themis's single board computers have been performance tested to MIL-S-901D, class A standards, with equipment shock loads of 40 G's, company officials say.
For more information on single-board computers from Themis contact the company on the World Wide Web at http://www.themis.com.
Military & Aerospace Electronics
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