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A technology isn’t truly mature if it’s expensive and complicated! By: Amir Azadi, Chief Tech. Officer- CAVU AEROSPACE UK Jan 2026 🚀 Our best-selling OBC-Polar

Flash vs SRAM FPGAs in Space: What Many Projects Overlook About Radiation By: Amir Azadi, Chief Tech. Officer – CAVU AEROSPACE UK Dec 2025 One

Selective Data Capture with Edge Computers Flight proven edge computers are:   Tartan Edge – PolarFire SoC + NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX Polar Edge –

How effectively NVIDIA Jetson chips can be operating in GEO radiation? Here is three primary architectures for edge computers, Microchip PolarFire FPGA paired with NVIDIA

How much does it cost to breathe local oxygen for a day on Mars? Only proven technology to produce oxygen on Mars is Moxie unit

A Mars–Sun L1 Shield: Defending the Red Planet from Radiation As humanity looks toward Mars not merely as a destination but as a future home,

Edge Computing, Enables the satellite to think! OBC-Polar Vs. OBC-Polar-Edge These edge computing solutions combine radiation-tolerant Microchip PolarFire FPGAs with NVIDIA Jetson Orin modules, delivering

Space Mobiles, Direct to Cell Internet, How Uplink is possible? Direct-to-cell (D2C) satellite internet—like what SpaceX (Starlink Direct-to-Cell) and AST SpaceMobile are building—is possible mainly

Compare OBC-104 & Cube-Polar We offer two primary On-Board Computer platforms in the CubeSat form factor: OBC-104 and OBC-Cube-Polar. Both platforms are technically competitive in

Microchip PIC64-Based AI Supercomputing for Space Next-generation AI-capable OBC based on Microchip PIC64 technology, designed to deliver supercomputer-class performance per watt while maintaining the robustness

Multi-Planetary Life, The Red Planet will shine blue once more! A great science fiction story is about to be no longer a fiction! Human civilization’s

NEPP (NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging) findings on Radiation Tolerance PolarFire FPGA NEPP has tested or reported on Microchip/Microsemi PolarFire FPGAs in radiation environments, providing

Real-Time Video Capture by PolarFire FPGA Case: Alvium1800 C-240 Cameras Connecting two Alvium 1800 C-240 cameras to a PolarFire FPGA for real-time video capture at

Onboard Image Processing on Ingenuity: Pioneering flight on a world beyond Earth. Case study: Lost Navigation Image on Flight Six Ingenuity must fly autonomously on

19 Optical Payloads on Perseverance Rover for Entry, Descent & Landing These three cameras captured Perseverance’s descent to the Martian surface, helping engineers reconstruct the

C&DH, Curiosity (2011) vs. Perseverance (2020) Core Processing Hardware Curiosity Processor: BAE Systems RAD750 (radiation-hardened PowerPC 750 derivative). Clock: ~200 MHz (designed for space reliability).

Flash vs SRAM FPGAs in Space: What Many Projects Overlook About Radiation How about flying a “radiation-hardened Zynq-7000” as satellite onboard computer – and even

Thermal Management in Satellites: The Role of CAVU Aerospace’s Thermal Control Unit Thermal management is a mission-critical function in satellite systems. In the vacuum of

Powered by Onboard Intelligence, Alone at Mars When Perseverance began its Entry, Descent, and Landing sequence on Mars, it was operating in a fully onboard

Planetary Defense Missions We are often asked why billions of dollars are invested in space technology. One compelling answer comes from a CAVU Aerospace engagement

How about AI assisted OBC on Perseverance Mars Rover Perseverance is one of the most successful instruments landed on Mars from 2021 & still working

A quick insight into the facts behind our products’ reliability and processing power: Polar Edge Microchip’s flash-based PolarFire FPGA SoC combined with NVIDIA Jetson processors

???? When Do We Really Need Enclosure Boxes for PCBs in Satellite and Launch Vehicle Systems? In the mechanical integration of On-Board Computers (OBCs) within

CAVU Showcase OBC Polar in Ignite Space 2025-Leicester CAVU Aerospace UK was proud to participate in the Technology Showcase at Ignite Space 2025, where we