HC-130J Combat King II/Moose @flickr
Abaco will upgrade an existing side head-up display that enables crew visibility of the battlespace for the C-130J four-engine turboprop.
Feb 15th, 2021
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – U.S. military special forces experts needed a company to upgrade avionics head-up displays in U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) C-130J gunships. They found their solution from Abaco Systems Inc. in Huntsville, Ala.
Abaco has announced a potential $4.5 million design win to upgrade an existing side head up display in AC-130J gunships. This side HUD enables crew visibility of the battlespace for the special operations version of the C-130J four-engine turboprop gunship.
Abaco's MAGIC1A embedded computing system was chosen after meeting requirements for increased data storage space, high processing capacity, and cyber security.
Abaco has delivered about 50 legacy MAGIC1 systems over the past several years for this application. The MAGIC1A delivers graphics and computer processing to a legacy design for integration aboard the C-130J.
The operational stability of the legacy product combined with a clean tech insertion and upgrade path to current-generation capabilities with the MAGIC1A system a logical choice for this design win, company officials say.
The design called for pin-compatibility with the legacy system and an upgrade to the MAGIC1A met that need. Abaco's approach will enable a reduced technology footprint on the aircraft via serial digital interface I/O upgrade on the system.
The Special Forces C-130J comes in two variants: the AC-130J Ghostrider and the MC-130J Commando II.
The AC-130J Ghostrider is a modified C-130J aircraft with advanced two-pilot flight station, digital avionics, dual inertial navigation systems, color weather radar, and Global Positioning System (GPS) for extremely accurate navigation. The aircraft is for close air support, air interdiction, and armed reconnaissance.
The MC-130J Commando II aircraft has avionics similar to the AC-130J, and has a combat systems operator and auxiliary flight deck stations; 13 color multifunctional liquid crystal displays; head-up displays; integrated navigation systems; improved fuel, environmental, and ice-protection systems; enhanced cargo-handling system; infrared sensors; satellite communications for voice and data; increased DC electrical output; and provisions for the Large Aircraft Infrared Counter-Measure system (LAIRCM).
The Raytheon Technologies Corp. Intelligence & Space segment in McKinney, Texas, is providing the AC-130J and MC-130J Next-Generation Special Mission Processors (NextGen SMP) that enable technicians to install unique Special Forces equipment aboard the aircraft.
These new mission processor avionics systems provide capability improvements, and potentially will replace the AC- and MC-130J's current special mission processors.
For more information contact Abaco Systems online at www.abaco.com.
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MAGIC1A
OVERVIEW
The MAGIC1A is a rugged line replaceable unit (LRU) suitable for high-performance computing in the harshest of environments. The combination of Intel and NVIDIA processors in a low SWaP-C3 package ensure it can be used across a wide range of Commercial and Military applications, including Displays, Situational Awareness, Data/RADAR Processing, Video Processing, Classification, and Artificial Intelligence.
High Performance, High Reliability
The MAGIC1A combines an Intel Xeon E3 v6 CPU and a NVIDIA Quadro P2000 GPU to provide an ideal platform for both runtime performance and ease of programming. The quad-core CPU and 768-core GPU connected by Gen 3 PCI Express are capable of up to 2.3 TFLOPS floating point performance. The MAGIC1A leverages technologies provided by the CPU and GPU; Intel TurboBoost Technology, Intel AVX 2.0 extensions and AES NI instructions, Hyper-Threading Technology, NVIDIA CUDA 10, OpenCL 1.2, DirectX® 12, OpenGL and H.265 (HEVC)/H.264 hardware encode/decode.
Extensive I/O
The MAGIC1A has extensive I/O to enable its use in a variety of deployed situations, including Ethernet, USB, ANSI TIA/EIA serial communications, Display Port and DVI video output, MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 avionics protocol interfaces, and general purpose I/O
Source: abaco.com
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