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Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Curtiss-Wright’s
Parvus DuraCOR 312 The
mission computer

Mini-PCIe expan- Fast Track
sion slots for the
broad ecosystem of
rugged COTS Mini-PCIe mod- to VPX
ules (including MIL-STD-1553, CANbus and
ARINC 429 data bus interfaces). The DuraCOR 311 also features
MIL-performance circular connectors and a fully dust and wa-
terproof chassis. In addition to an internal mSATA SSD slot, the Deployment
system offers a removable 2.5" SATA SSD storage option for high
capacity storage and information assurance requirements. Soft-
ware support includes pre-loaded Linux or Windows operating
systems. The unit’s Intel processor supports HD-class video ac-
celeration, including OpenGL, OpenCL, and OpenVG.
The Parvus DuraCOR 312, a powerful and flexible USFF mis-
sion computer, is powered by NVIDIA’s industrial Jetson TX2i
module, which combines six power-
Curtiss-Wright’s DuraNET efficient ARMv8 pro cessor cores
20-11 Gigabit Ethernet and a 256-core CUDA-
(GbE) switch
compatible
NVIDIA GPU (for
GPU-accelerated
parallel process-
ing). The mission
computer’s soft-
ware support in- DK3 3U VPX
cludes pre-loaded Development Platform
NVIDIA Linux for
Tegra (L4T) based Reduce time to deployment with the DK3 and DK6
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UGV’s VICTORY architecture, the Parvus DuraNET 20-11 is
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With the advent of modular, next-generation UGVs, sys-
tem designers will increasingly seek to add more processing
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This article was written by Mike Southworth, Senior Product
Manager, Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions (Ashburn, VA). For
more information, visit http://info.hotims.com/76503-501.

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