Communications Research Centre Canada

Spectrum has partnered with Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) to offer SCARI++, CRC’s implementation of the Software Communication Architecture Core Framework, on Spectrum’s SDR-4000 rugged software defined radio (SDR) platform. Designed in Canada, this commercial off-the shelf solution is available to the international military communications community.

The CRC, an agency of Industry Canada, is the Canadian government’s primary laboratory for research and development (R&D) in advanced telecommunications. Their R&D is used for public policy purposes and to strengthen the Canadian economy through technology and knowledge transfer. Under its four research branches, CRC specializes in taking an interdisciplinary approach to longer-term R&D in wireless systems, radio fundamentals, communication networks, photonics and interactive multimedia.

CRC website

Green Hills Software, Inc.

Spectrum has partnered with Green Hills Software to provide INTEGRITY® RTOS, a secure, royalty-free Real-Time Operating System intended for use in embedded systems that require maximum reliability. Spectrum also offers Green Hill’s MULTI® Integrated Development Environment (IDE) integrated onto flexComm hardware to accelerate time to deployment.

Green Hills Website

Objective Interface Systems, Inc.

Spectrum has partnered with Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS) to integrate and market OIS’ ORBexpress® RT with Spectrum’s SDR-4000 software defined radio signal processing platform. ORBexpress RT is a real-time CORBA Object Request Broker (ORB) that enables software developers to simplify the development of distributed software applications, build scalable, efficient and robust applications, and reduce overall development time, decreasing time-to-market for new products. The size, weight, power and performance attributes of the SDR-4000 integrated with ORBexpress make it ideally suited for power limited applications such as Tactical Military Communications ground vehicular and airborne radio applications.

OIS website

Wind River

Spectrum has partnered with Wind River, a worldwide leader in embedded software and services, to provide VxWORKS®, the most widely adopted RTOS in the embedded industry. Spectrum’s software architecture is a key enabler of our subsystems, and Wind River’s VxWORKS RTOS is a critical component. Partnering with Wind River allows Spectrum to provide integrated platforms for software defined radio and military/defense development applications and represents a key Wind River Value Added Reseller (VAR) relationship for the aerospace and defense industry. This agreement allows Spectrum to provide a more complete integrated technology solution that will help our customers accelerate their time to market.

Wind River Website