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.

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Galleon’s Innovative Solutions Set the Standard for Achieving Your Mission’s Goals

Explore Galleon’s pivotal role in advancing aerospace and defense capabilities through our application examples. Our specialized expertise encompasses AI training data capture, sophisticated surveillance, multi-source digital video, enduring UUV operations, and versatile computing for ground vehicles. Engineered for the most demanding environments, our solutions offer unparalleled reliability, adaptability, and performance. Leveraging state-of-the-art technology, including high bandwidth IO and superior storage density, we address the complex challenges faced by professionals in the field. Galleon is dedicated to exceeding expectations with innovative technologies that empower mission success. Discover how our advanced solutions can support your objectives.

February 3, 2022

Multi-Purpose Ground Vehicle Computer

  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ground Vehicle Computers (GVCs) are a diverse category of computers that tackle equally diverse tasks. Due to the diversity of the GVCs and their applications, spares provisioning can become complicated. The alternative approach for tracked vehicle integration utilizes a single computer for multiple functions inside the vehicle.  Galleon’s GVC was designed to provide the perfect combination where processing,... Read more »

February 3, 2022

Complex Surveillance System Recording

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Complex surveillance systems require recording systems for a mixture of signals for long durations. The flexibility of the recording system is critical to success, so as to satisfy the requirements of the military operational use cases. When the system has multiple operators, playback is also required, in-flight and simultaneously to each operator. CHALLENGES... Read more »

January 11, 2022

High-performance Processor and Recorder

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A customer needed a very high bandwidth data recorder alongside data processing engine. Galleon was able to provide a solution with an innovative combination of products providing a considerable weight and cost saving compared to original customer expectations.     CHALLENGES The program for a MALE UAV required long-duration high bandwidth recording, alongside the... Read more »

July 7, 2021

NAS for Deployed Systems

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Network Attached Storage (NAS) provides an open standard interface for the collection, distribution, and security of data on deployed systems. Galleon Embedded Computing’s G1 and XSR NAS offerings are SWAP optimized for the most demanding applications providing the highest storage and I/O capabilities in the smallest form factors. CHALLENGES This application example relates to an airborne platform requiring... Read more »

May 5, 2021

Screen Recording

Abstract This document describes different mechanisms available for recording the images that an operator on a rugged system sees on their computer screen. The options are compared to emphasize the types of application and end-user requirements where each method might be most suited.   1. Screen recording requirements   1.1      Introduction This white paper considers... Read more »

February 14, 2021

Solving UUV Long Duration Challenges

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Unmanned or autonomous underwater vehicle systems of today present never before seen capabilities for extended-duration missions ranging from commercial to military applications including: inspection and recovery environmental exploration and research mine detection and clearing swimmer detection/port protection These systems leave no place for traditional large and power-hungry payloads. Additionally, the nature of these extended-duration missions... Read more »

May 14, 2020

Mission Video Recorder

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The customer needed a multi-source digital video recorder for use onboard an airborne platform. This requirement also included additional/optional Audio and Composite video inputs, and the requirement to record both Uncompressed and Compressed video data at the same time – all of which needed to be combined is a single LRU for simple... Read more »

January 4, 2020

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... Read more »

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