Defense and military application require the most demanding, robust and reliable system for mission-critical operations, whether it’s a radar system on a navy vessel, a communication system in a drone or a computer system in an armored vehicle. For Army, Navy, Air Force, and even Homeland Security, every system using computer memory faces its own unique set of circumstances and environments. Vibration, humidity, heat, altitude – all are factors that could possibly interfere with system operation. Systems, and their memory, must be able to respond in any scenario.
Aerospace employs some of the newest and most sophisticated computing technologies. Every single system in aerospace applications demands exceptional accuracy, stability and reliability in terms of performance. Whether it’s a commercial airliner, military helicopter, jet fighter or space shuttle, all require synchronous computing abilities for immediate access, transmission from air to ground, and historical storage information. Whatever the application, aerospace requires stable and reliable performance for maintaining safety and success.
Challenges and Requirements
In a military conflict or defense-related training, a single error in data processing, access or transmission can cause irreparable consequences in the field or in military engagements. Defense systems need to provide solid and stable performance in any condition.
During a flight, a single error in data processing, access or transmission can cause serious consequences. Memory in these applications requires the highest standard for ensuring solid and stable performance. Encryption is essential where there’s national security at issue. Whenever data is transmitted between devices, data protection is imperative. Memory in defense applications must be able to meet a variety of military standards, depending on the risks at play. On-board systems in military vehicles, helicopters, or jets are particularly susceptible to shock or vibration in the field. Memory built for such applications must have protection built into them and have the ability to integrate hardware with firmware.
Many applications in the aerospace industry occ Because of their demanding operations, maintenance of aircraft and other aerospace-related systems are critical to success. Stable and reliable memory is a key factor in defense and aerospace applications.ur in harsh environment where extreme high and low temperatures may be the norm. As a result, it’s crucial that systems in aerospace application are robust and maintain stability under a variety of scenarios.
SMART's DRAM Solutions
• DDR5 VLP RDIMM - SMART's DDR5 VLP RDIMM is targeted for embedded 1U blade compute and storage applications, enterprise networking and telecom applications, and industrial single board computers (SBCs). Its main attributes are VLP height, high density for a VLP module, and high DDR5-4800 performance.
• DDR4 ECC SODIMM - SMART Modular supports a complete lineup of DDR4 memory modules. These include VLP-DIMM, SODIMM, Mini-RDIMM, Mini-UDIMM, and LRDIMM. SMART Modular’s DDR4 modules range from 32GB to 4GB, configured as x4 and x8 running GAT at DDR4-2400, DDR4-2666, DDR-2933, DDR4-3200 speed grades.
• DDR3 VLP Mini-DIMM - SMART’s DDR3 DRAM modules continue to hold significant relevance, particularly for legacy systems. Despite the advent of newer memory technologies like DDR4 and DDR5, DDR3 remains a critical component for many applications due to its proven reliability, cost-effectiveness, and widespread adoption.
SMART's Flash Solutions
• T6EN RUGGED SSDs - SMART’s RUGGED T6EN U.2, M.2 2280 and E1.S PCIe/NVMe Gen4x4 solid state drives (SSDs) deliver high performance, high capacity storage solutions optimized for defense, aerospace and other applications requiring durable, rugged and secure storage.
• T5E RUGGED SSDs - SMART’s RUGGED T5E SATA solid state drives (SSDs) provide sustained read/write performance to meet the needs of high throughput applications, such as flight data recorders and sensor data capture. They are also well suited for high-reliability telemetry, surveillance, and mission-critical applications.
• S5E RUGGED SSDs - SMART’s RUGGED S5E SATA solid state drives (SSDs) offer up to 480GB of storage using highly reliable Single-Level Cell (SLC) NAND Flash. Conforming to SMART’s “true” industrial grade standards, S5E 2.5” SATA SSDs are superior to typical SSDs and HDDs in terms of ruggedness, vibration and shock resistance, and environmental resilience.
