Spectra Aerospace & Defense is a trusted and growing platform of C5ISR companies – CALCULEX, Galleon Embedded Computing, and ArgonFDS - bringing over a half-century of rugged, mission-ready, battle-tested experience to bear in aerospace and defense applications. From high-speed data acquisition, data recording and secure, high-density storage, to computing and rugged, clear display of mission data, Spectra delivers the products and subsystems needed for the most demanding military air, land, and sea platforms. With our comprehensive portfolio of rugged products, systems, and solutions, the Spectra family of companies’ customized end-to-end solutions for the C5ISR market help military end-users achieve mission success. Simply put, Spectra's rugged solutions Capture, Process, and Display your mission-critical data in the harshest environmental conditions. In the air, at sea, on land, and in space; We simplify integration.

CAPTURE

Data Acquisition

Sensor Recording

PROCESS

Mission Computing

Encrypted Storage

NAS & File Serving

Processing & Routing

DISPLAY

Displays

Peripherals

Tablets

Workstations

Recording Sensor Data for Training AI

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are growing rapidly. A critical success factor for these applications is the ability to provide realistic data to train the AI. For applications that rely on video, there are specific challenges, especially if the AI will operate with uncompressed video.

CHALLENGES

This application example relates to an airborne platform recording uncompressed video specifically for training AI which will later be deployed with uncompressed video inputs.

The application requires uncompressed video to be recorded from multiple cameras, along with 10GbE and GbE data.

Galleon’s reputation for reliable recording of high bandwidth data for long duration missions was an important factor for the integrator. Galleon’s customer wanted to collect as much data as possible in as few missions as possible, so storage density was critical. Data encryption was also a requirement, without reduction in bandwidth.

The small space and weight available in the aircraft combined with the need for at least 40TB of removable storage capacity with encryption excluded many traditional solutions.

HOW THE PRODUCT HELPED

By selecting Galleon’s XSR SDI video recorder product, Galleon’s customer was able to obtain a single product to meet or exceed all of their requirements.

The XSR provides the ability to record all of the SDI data, without any losses for 8bit encoding or compression artifacts. This allows the AI application to be trained with data that exactly matches the signal precision which it will receive during deployment.

By combining uncompressed SDI recording with Ethernet recording (10GbE and GbE) Galleon’s recorder provided 2 functions within a single small form factor system, saving size, weight, and power.

The stored data can be moved off a platform by using the easy to remove high-capacity data modules. Fast turnaround of the platform was made possible by swapping the removable data modules (RDMs) in between missions. Galleon’s products offer tool-free removable storage so the data can easily be removed from a deployed system, and a fresh module inserted ready for the next mission.

RESULTS AND FUTURE PLANS

Galleon’s customer can record the full SDI signal which the AI will experience in deployment without any changes or artifacts common with compression and decoding of video. This saves the risks associated with training AI with unrepresentative data.

By combining uncompressed video recording with Ethernet recording in a single product, Galleon’s customer is able to fit the single recorder into the small space available.

Galleon’s customer is also certain in the knowledge that the data is secure, with FIPS 140-2 certified encryption being applied to the stored data.

With Galleon’s proven track record and wealth of qualification testing, this customer is also sure of the knowledge of the reliable operation of the recorder even in extreme conditions.

 

The Solution 

 

🗹 XSR RECORDER

🗹 SAME COMPUTER – DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS

🗹 UP TO 80TB STORAGE

🗹 FULL SDI SIGNAL

🗹 SWAP-C

🗹 TOOL FREE REMOVAL OF DATA MODULE


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