Annapolis Micro Systems, a leading COTS board and systems supplier, has recorded its largest orders ever – a combined $61.6M for RFSoC & Versal™-Based Solutions for 3U OpenVPX Airborne Electronic Warfare (EW). The orders include SOSA™-aligned FPGA Boards, Mezzanine Cards, Switches, Chassis/Backplanes, and Chassis Managers. A typical AMD Versal 3U VPX Board, designed and manufactured by Annapolis Micro Systems The multi-year orders come from two repeat customers: a major Applied Research Laboratory and a Top-10 Defense Contractor. “Airborne EW is extremely challenging due to the requirement ..read more

Left to right, Annapolis Micro Systems CTO Noah Donaldson, President Nancy Dalton, and General Manager Paul Kowalewski accepting the Top Workplaces award Annapolis Micro Systems has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2023 honor by The Baltimore Sun Top Workplaces. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey. The confidential survey uniquely measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to the success of any organization, including alignment, execution, and connection. “Earning a Top Workplaces award is a badge of honor for companies, especially because it com ..read more

Annapolis Micro Systems, a leading COTS board and systems supplier, now has a HD Switch and Chassis in final design verification, with customer shipping scheduled for December. They are the industry’s first COTS products to integrate high density VITA 91 connectors that double the available backplane density. The WILDSTAR 3U OpenVPX Switch (WP3E20) offers up to 128 diff pairs of Ethernet. The WILD100 13-Slot 3U OpenVPX Chassis (WC31DH) offers up to 64 lanes of Ethernet or PCIe, or 128 LVDS pairs. WP3E20 Switch The rugged WP3E20 Switch is the next-gen version of Annapolis’ best-selling SOSA™-al ..read more

Annapolis Micro Systems, a leading COTS board and systems supplier, is now shipping the industry’s first COTS Card to feature Jariet Technologies’ Electra-MA chip with 64 GS/s, 10-bit ADC and DAC capability. The SOSA™-aligned WILD FMC+ DME1 Card is targeted at demanding applications requiring direct sampling frequency coverage anywhere from 0.1 to 36 GHz (VHF through Ka-band), and/or wide instantaneous bandwidths. The breakthrough direct sampling Jariet transceiver performs frequency conversion and filtering in the digital domain, eliminating the need for costly analog frequency conversion. Th ..read more

Annapolis Micro Systems, a leading MOSA board and systems supplier, is hosting its 4th Annual High-Performance Signal Processing & Embedded Computing Seminar and Open House at its Annapolis, Maryland headquarters on April 13, 2023. The event is free and is now open for registration for all customers, partners, and prospects. Register here. “This year we are excited to feature a whole new agenda, with guest speakers from AMD Xilinx, Intel, and Jariet Technologies,” said Noah Donaldson, Annapolis Micro Systems Chief Technical Officer. “We plan to cover the latest and greatest technologies an ..read more

Annapolis Micro Systems, a leading Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) solutions supplier, has introduced a rugged WILD100 8-Slot 3U OpenVPX SOSA™-Aligned ¾ Air Transport Rack (ATR) Chassis (WC3A80) and two WILD100 19” Rackmount 3U OpenVPX Chassis (WC31E0 & WC31DH). The new chassis join the WILD100 Family of Annapolis Chassis, Backplanes & Chassis Managers, most of which were developed in alignment with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) Technical Standard and support C5ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS). WILD100 products feature 25 Gbps Line Rates on Data and Exp ..read more

Annapolis Micro Systems, a leading FPGA board and systems supplier, today announced the availability of the industry’s first COTS FMC+ Mezzanine Card to feature Jariet Technologies’ Electra-MA chip with 64 GS/s, 10-bit ADC and DAC capability. It is targeted at demanding applications requiring direct sampling frequency coverage anywhere from 0.1 to 36 GHz, and/or wide instantaneous bandwidths. This breakthrough, direct sampling Jariet transceiver performs frequency conversion and filtering in the digital domain, eliminating the need for costly analog frequency conversion. The WILD FMC+ DME1 ADC ..read more

Annapolis Micro Systems’ WILDSTAR 100GbE 3E10 3U OpenVPX Switch was named a “Top-5” winner at U.S. Army’s xTech CMOSS Plugfest competition held November 8-19 at the Open Innovation Laboratory (OIL), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. In its final report, a seven-judge panel declared itself “very impressed” with the switch and awarded it the maximum possible incentive prize. They scored it 'Superior' or 'Satisfactory' on 17 of 19 evaluation criteria, including Design Process, Production, Physical & Electrical Profile, Switch Management Interface, Security Domains, and Backplane Data Rates a ..read more

With the introduction of a 15-Slot 3U OpenVPX Chassis, Annapolis Micro Systems is now offering twenty 3U and 6U VPX products that align with SOSA Technical Standard 1.0. It may be the largest single-company portfolio of products aligned with SOSA 1.0. Annapolis’ twentieth SOSA product introduction coincides with the long-anticipated official release of the Open Group Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA) Consortium Technical Standard for SOSA Reference Architecture, Edition 1.0. “SOSA 1.0 just issued, but we’ve been contributing to it – and developing 100Gb Ethernet products aligned with it ..read more

Annapolis Micro Systems, a leading FPGA board and systems supplier, and Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division, a trusted leading supplier of rugged ISR and EW processing modules and systems, today announced they will collaborate to bring best-in-class SOSA-aligned solutions to the embedded market. Under the agreement, both companies will qualify for interoperability a range of their products based on the SOSA Technical Standard developed by The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ consortium. The partnership combines Annapolis Micro Systems’ leadership in FPGA boards and switch m ..read more