Space Systems
Space-Grade Rugged Information Systems Built to Weather the Cosmos
Galleon Embedded Computing stands out as an innovative and pioneering organization that is taking the lead in the development of open-standard, highly rugged and secure storage solutions, data recorder systems, servers, and network-attached storage devices for use in even the most extreme environmental conditions. Our products are geared towards deployment in the unforgiving and challenging vacuum of space, where resilience, reliability and durability are essential. Our designs focus on delivering a high level of interoperability and flexibility for our clients, giving them the freedom to integrate new systems and capabilities whenever these become available, without fear of compatibility issues. Furthermore, our products are engineered to provide a level of performance that is unmatched, ensuring that critical data and information are always readily available when needed, regardless of the environmental conditions or the technical challenges involved.
At Galleon Embedded Computing, we recognize the importance of providing our clients with the highest quality of service and support possible, and that is why we devote so much of our resources to research and development aimed at proffering innovative solutions that can withstand even the harshest environmental conditions. Our emphasis on innovation, quality, and performance is evident in all aspects of our work, and we continue to leverage our expertise to provide novel, durable, efficient, and highly secure storage solutions for our clients in the space industry and beyond.
Rugged Servers
Galleon's rugged Servers are high-performance systems for the most demanding deployed applications. They are designed to meet the most severe environmental conditions without compromising on functionality and performance. The high performance allows server virtualization in size constrained applications. The Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) optimized design makes them ideal for use in small unmanned aerial and ground systems, as well as large manned aircraft and vehicles.
Intel Core Xeon processor options, including the latest 11th generation, are supported with up to 96GB of DDR4 SDRAM with ECC. The flexible I/O architecture allows easy integration with existing infrastructure. Up to eight 10Gigabit Ethernet ports or thirteen Gigabit Ethernet ports are supported, which lends the unit ideal for network-attached storage (NAS) applications. The high number of Ethernet ports can eliminate the need for external switches, but the system can also be supplied with and 8-port internal Gigabit Ethernet switch.
Optional Common Criteria and CSfC approved hardware and software encryption layers, provide a high level of data security with flexible key management options, including local ports and remote loading over secure network connections. Further security enhancements such as FIPS 140 approved hardware solutions and quick erase and military erase algorithms are also supported.
Rugged Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Galleon's rugged Network Attached Storage (NAS) offers superior performance in an ultra small form factor. Removable storage ensures short ground times for airborne applications. Industry standard solid-state drives are used to benefit from the ever increasing storage densities and cost reductions as the technology evolves. The NAS is capable of handling a high number of simultaneous connections without compromising system performance. Both optical 10Gb and traditional Gigabit Ethernet optical or copper connections are available to suit existing infrastructure. The unit can be delivered with Windows Embedded Storage Server or Linux Enterprise Server preconfigured to suit your application needs. Optional Common Criteria and CSfC approved hardware and software encryption layers, provide a high level of data security with flexible key management options, including local ports and remote loading over secure network connections. Further security enhancements such as FIPS 140 approved hardware solutions and quick erase and military erase algorithms are also supported.
Rugged Ground Vehicle Computers
Galleon's rugged Ground Vehicle Computer (GVC) is a compact, high-performance platform for your in-vehicle processing applications.
Building on Galleon’s long experience with military computer design, the GVC is designed specifically for vehicle applications and meets the most severe environmental conditions without compromising on functionality or performance. Removable storage with multi-layer encryption ensures fast and secure offload of data.
High performance graphics in combination with multiple gigabit Ethernet ports, CANbus, USB 2.0 and 3.0, Serial Comms, GPIO and audio, makes the GVC ideal for integration with state-of-the-art network centric Battle Management Systems, Situational Awareness vehicle self-protection systems and vetronics applications. It implements full compatibility with the latest military vehicle standards such as VICTORY and GVA.
The GVC is maintenance free and offers reliable computing power at very low lifecycle costs. The flexible architecture allows several Intel Xeon-E processor options ranging from the low power E3-1505Lv6 quad core to the high-performance E-2276ME six-core CPU.
At Galleon Embedded Computing we are proud to test our products to the full extent of MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461. “Designed to meet” simply isn’t good enough!
Galleon Embedded Computing’s quality management system is certified to Aerospace Standard AS/EN 9100 and ISO 9001.
Rugged Mission Computers
Galleon's rugged Mission Computer is designed to meet the most severe environmental conditions without compromising on functionality and performance. The Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) optimized design of the Mission Computer makes it ideal for use in small unmanned aerial and ground vehicles (UAVs, UGVs), surveillance, HD video applications, sensor development and testing, etc.
Optional Common Criteria and CSfC approved hardware and software encryption layers, provide a high level of data security with flexible key management options, including local ports and remote loading over secure network connections. Further security enhancements such as FIPS 140 approved hardware solutions and quick erase and military erase algorithms are also supported.
Rugged Data Recorders
Galleon's Rugged Data Recorder offers superior performance in a small form factor, and are capable of capturing data from up to 13 separate Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Each Gigabit Ethernet interface can be recorded up at full speed storing UDP or TCP payload data.
The extremely rugged and Size, Weight, Power and Cost (SWaP-C) optimized design makes them ideal for deployed applications in unmanned aerial systems, test pods, ground vehicles, etc.
Removable storage enables short down time for applications and access to recorded data in the ground access system without the need to download the recorded data over a slow drain interface. Industry standard solid-state drives are used to benefit from the ever increasing storage densities and cost reductions as the technology evolves.
Optional Common Criteria and CSfC approved hardware and software encryption layers, provide a high level of data security with flexible key management options, including local ports and remote loading over secure network connections. Further security enhancements such as FIPS 140 approved hardware solutions and quick erase and military erase algorithms are also supported.
Data Management Systems
Galleon Embedded Computing offers Data Management Systems (Docking Stations and Support Systems) compatible with Galleon’s data recorders, NAS and servers.
Docking Station
Galleon's Docking Station allows easy pre-mission and post-mission access to move data onto or from the Removable Data Modules. By leveraging industry-standard interfaces and file systems, the Docking Stations are easy to integrate with any computer system. Data can be accessed directly over the USB interface, or copied to the host computer.
Galleon's removable data modules offer compatibility with all of Galleon’s data recorders, NAS and servers, thus providing an extremely flexible storage management solution to suit the target application. The RDM can be exchanged in the field in seconds, with no tools required and is rated for 100,000 insertion cycles.
Equally well suited for test or mission-deployed applications, the docking stations offer a fast and efficient method for moving data between vehicle-mounted Galleon systems and planning or debrief stations without the need for specialized tools or training.
The docking stations are sold as complete kits containing all required cabling and a universal 110V to 240V AC power supply is included. Standard operating system support provides the needed software interfaces to the data.
Support Systems
Galleon Embedded Computing offers support systems for the XSR and G1 data recorders, NAS and servers.
The XSR Offload Server provides a powerful solution for making the data available to the end-user. Data can be accessed directly by read/write to the RDM or it can be copied to the high capacity internal RAID for further processing or archiving. The built-in RDM docking station provides direct access to the four SSDs in the RDM through individual 3.0 Gbps SATA links for over 800MB/s sustained read/write speeds.
Rugged Storage
Galleon's Removable Data Modules fits all Galleon data recorders, NAS and servers, providing an extremely flexible storage solution to suit the target application. The RDMs can be exchanged in the field in seconds, with no tools required.
The storage modules can be fitted supporting capacities up to 80TB total. All varieties of SSDs can be used, ranging from military grade ultra rugged to commercial grade for lab and development systems. Consequently, the storage can be optimized depending on the usage and specific needs. For example, commercial grade storage can be used for lab development and pre-deployment usage, where cost and optimization is of higher importance than data integrity. Then, when the unit is used on critical missions, industrial grade storage can be used to meet the most demanding environments.
For additional security, optional AES 256-bit encryption may to the RDM by using suitably firmware enabled SSDs. Further security enhancements such as quick erase and secure erase are supported on selected storage media.
XMC Products
The Galleon XMC family consists of a sFPDP XMC, a quad channel GbE XMC and a quad channel 10GbE XMC.
Galleon's Serial FPDP XMC is a flexible platform implementing a quad channel VITA 17.1-2003 sFPDP receive and transmit engine for high-performance image processing, SIGINT/COMINT, radar processing, software defined radio, sensor data capture, etc.
Galleon's Titan Quad Gigabit Ethernet XMC and the Galleon Titan Quad 10Gigabit Ethernet XMC offers high-performance Ethernet for a wide range of applications. Based on the high-performance Intel i350 quad port Gigabit Ethernet controller, the Titan Quad Gigabit Ethernet XMC supports IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP), making it suitable for time critical applications. Providing UDP, TCP and IP checksum offload functionality. Based on the latest Intel XL710 (Forteville) 10GbE Controller, the Titan Quad 10GbE XMC supports IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP), making it suitable for time critical applications. The XL710 offers the latest UDP, TCP and IP checksum offload.
The XMCs are available in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled variants. The boards may be fitted with standard front panel LC connectors or recessed rugged LC connectors for easy optical cabling in conduction cooled environments with no front panel connections. Alternatively, the high speed serial interfaces can be routed through the P16 rear I/O for backplane communication.
The boards is delivered with drivers for Linux and Windows hosts. An optional PCI Express card edge adapter offers easy integration in standard desktop systems for non-rugged applications and SW development.
Tailored Configurations
Galleon rugged computing products are designed for flexibility so that each product can be tailored to each specific set of requirements. Combinations of many different types of IO are available. The product link below directs you to a table which provides a simple way to capture the high-level requirements for any new applications.
Optional Common Criteria and CSfC approved hardware and software encryption layers, provide a high level of data security with flexible key management options, including local ports and remote loading over secure network connections. Further security enhancements such as FIPS 140 approved hardware solutions and quick erase and military erase algorithms are also supported.
XSR Family Of Rugged Computing Products
Galleon's XSR family of rugged computing products provide superior rugged computing performance in a very small form factor. Removable storage ensures short ground times for airborne applications. Industry standard solid-state drives are used to benefit from the ever-increasing storage densities and cost reductions as the technology evolves.
The XSR Product Family is fully-equipped with NIAP-Approved Dual-Layer Software Full Disk Encryption (SWFDE) & Hardware Full Disk Encryption (HWFDE)
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XSR Rugged Servers
Galleon's rugged XSR servers are high-performance systems for the most demanding deployed applications. They are designed to meet the most severe environmental conditions without compromising on functionality and performance. The high performance allows server virtualization in size constrained applications. The Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) optimized design makes them ideal for use in small unmanned aerial and ground systems, as well as large manned aircraft and vehicles.
XSR Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Galleon's rugged XSR Network Attached Storage (NAS) offers superior performance in an ultra small form factor. Removable storage ensures short ground times for airborne applications. Industry standard solid-state drives are used to benefit from the ever increasing storage densities and cost reductions as the technology evolves.
XSR Mission Computers
Galleon's rugged XSR mission computers are designed to meet the most severe environmental conditions without compromising on functionality and performance. The SWaP optimized design of the Mission Computer makes it ideal for use in small, unmanned aerial and ground vehicles (UAVs, UGVs), surveillance, HD video applications, sensor development and testing, etc.
XSR Data Recorders
Galleon's rugged XSR data recorders offers superior performance in a small form factor, and are capable of capturing data from up to 13 separate Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Each Gigabit Ethernet interface can be recorded up at full speed storing UDP or TCP payload data.;
XSR Data Management Systems
Galleon offers Data Management Systems (Docking Stations and Support Systems) compatible with Galleon’s data recorders, NAS and servers.
XSR Storage
The XSR's rugged Removable Data Modules (RDM's) fit all Galleon data recorders, NAS and servers, providing an extremely flexible storage solution to suit the target application. The RDMs can be exchanged in the field in seconds, with no tools required.
G1 Family Of Rugged Computing Products
The Galleon G1 product family provides a wide range of capabilities packaged in extremely small enclosures. They have been designed to meet the most severe environmental conditions without compromising on functionality and performance. The Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) optimized design makes them ideal for use in small unmanned aerial and ground systems, as well as other space and power constrained applications. The G1 Product Family is fully-equipped with NIAP-Approved Dual-Layer Software Full Disk Encryption (SWFDE) & Hardware Full Disk Encryption (HWFDE).
The G1 Product Family is fully-equipped with NIAP-Approved Dual-Layer Software Full Disk Encryption (SWFDE) & Hardware Full Disk Encryption (HWFDE)
View Hardware Encryption Layer Compliance Details View Software Encryption Layer Compliance Details
G1 Rugged Servers
The Galleon Servers are high-performance systems for the most demanding deployed applications. They are designed to meet the most severe environmental conditions without compromising on functionality and performance. The high performance allows server virtualization in size constrained applications. The Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) optimized design makes them ideal for use in small unmanned aerial and ground systems, as well as large manned aircraft and vehicles.
G1 Network Attached Storage (NAS)
The Galleon Rugged NAS offers superior performance in an ultra small form factor. Removable storage ensures short ground times for airborne applications. Industry standard solid-state drives are used to benefit from the ever increasing storage densities and cost reductions as the technology evolves.
G1 Mission Computers
Designed to meet the most severe environmental conditions without compromising on functionality and performance. The SWaP optimized design of the Mission Computer makes it ideal for use in small, unmanned aerial and ground vehicles (UAVs, UGVs), surveillance, HD video applications, sensor development and testing, etc.
G1 Data Recorders
The Galleon Recorders offers superior performance in a small form factor, and are capable of capturing data from up to 13 separate Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Each Gigabit Ethernet interface can be recorded up at full speed storing UDP or TCP payload data.;
G1 Data Management Systems
Galleon Embedded Computing offers Data Management Systems (Docking Stations and Support Systems) compatible with Galleon’s data recorders, NAS and servers.
G1 Storage
The Removable Data Modules fits all Galleon data recorders, NAS and servers, providing an extremely flexible storage solution to suit the target application. The RDMs can be exchanged in the field in seconds, with no tools required.