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  • DARPA Picks National Instruments' Software-Based Radios for Channel Emulation Testbed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Picks National Instruments’ Software-Based Radios for Channel Emulation Testbed

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected National Instruments to provide software-defined radios for a channel emulation testbed DARPA will use in a collaborative machine-learning competition. NI said Tuesday its software-defined radios will aid various open source and tool flows such as GNU radio, RFNoC and LabVIEW system design software for the agency’s Colosseum testbed. Colosseum is designed to […] More

  • Astronics-NI Alliance Releases New PXI-Based Rugged Test Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Astronics-NI Alliance Releases New PXI-Based Rugged Test Platforms

    Astronics Test Systems and National Instruments have rolled out a set of PXI-based technology platforms the companies jointly developed for aerospace and defense test programs. NI said Tuesday the PXIe-6943 digital test instrument, PXIe-3352 rubidium clock source and PXIe-1209 pulse pattern generator employ software compatible with current VXI testing equipment as well as legacy offerings from multiple instrument vendors. The PXIe-6943 tool is derived from Astronics’ T940 module that works to […] More

  • National Instruments Gets Engineering Hardware, Software Contract from NASA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    National Instruments Gets Engineering Hardware, Software Contract from NASA

    Texas-based National Instruments will provide measurement and control systems hardware and system design software to NASA under a potential five-year, $37.7 million contract. NASA said Thursday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a one-year base period and runs through Sept. 27, 2020. The enterprise license management team at the NASA Shared Services Center administered the contract, the space agency added. NSSC […] More