It's the Final Countdown...

Its the final week of the Dream Marketing Defence & Aerospace Roadshow, and we've had a great start at BAE Systems, Airbus and Rolls Royce in Bristol.

The vehicle has just opened it's doors at L3 Comms in Tewkesbury, and Tim is on site ready to speak to visitors about all the lovely hardware we're displaying, including embedded modules from Extreme Engineering based on the 4th Generation Intel Core i7 ‘Haswell’ processor. There are a variety of form factors and technologies, ranging from XMC graphics cards to embedded FPGA board-level solutions from some of our franchised product lines:

• BittWare – Industry leading COTS signal processing boards and systems based on the latest FPGA technology from Altera
• Dave – Small form factor rugged embedded CPU modules, Computer-On-Modules and systems based on ARM and PowerPC architectures
• Ecrin Systems – Mil-COTS systems designed around building blocks from Open Standard form factors including PICMG 1.3 and ATX
• Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) - High-performance single board computers (SBCs), telecom modules, serial I/O and test fixtures
• General Standards – High Performance Analog I/O, Digital I/O and Serial I/O Bus Interface Solutions
• Tech Source - XMC rugged graphics, video capture and video streaming products for avionics, military and Air Traffic Control
• Trenton Systems – Rugged rackmount computer systems for military and aerospace, high performance video & graphics and data storage applications

Robbie will be at Agusta Westland tomorrow from 9.30 to 2pm for the penultimate day of the Roadshow. For more information please contact the Sarsen office - info@sarsen.net

Week 2, done!

The Dream Marketing Defence & Aerospace Roadshow has come to the end of its second week on the road, and it’s been a pretty good one for the Sarsen team.

QinetiQ, GE Aviation, Cobham Mission Systems and General Dynamics have all played host to the Dream Marketing vehicle, and we’ve come away with some great follow ups to do next week.


Tim, Robbie and Nigel have spent the last 2 weeks discussing the very latest embedded COTS FPGA, PowerPC, ARM, Intel, video processing, high-speed data recording, data acquisition and test technology solutions with visitors to the Roadshow, and are looking forward to sharing even more next week, when they travel to BAE and Airbus, Rolls Royce, L3 Comms, Agusta Westland and Yeovil College.

If you are at any of the sites next week and want to find out more about the Roadshow and how it might be of interest to you please drop me an email – LauraB@sarsen.net and I’ll give you all the inside information….

Have a great weekend!

All Aboard? Next Stop, GE Aviation - Cheltenham!

Today the Dream Marketing Defence & Aerospace Roadshow visits the beautiful English Regency town of Cheltenham.

GE Aviation is situated just north of the town, in Bishops Cleeve, and is a world-leading provider of commercial and military jet engines and components as well as avionics, electric power, and mechanical systems for aircraft, with an extensive global service network to support these products.

With a large number of ‘technology firsts’, including America’s first jet engine, and the first Mach 2 Engine, GE Aviation is a prime location on the Roadshow, giving us the opportunity to showcase brand new technology direct to the Engineering teams making these advances.

Robbie will be on board the vehicle from 9.30 until 2pm, with a large selection of demonstration boards ready to discuss, including FPGA hardware from BittWare, small form factor CPU modules from Dave and rugged COTS SBCs from Extreme Engineering.

If you’d like to visit the Sarsen Team today or at any of the other stops on the Roadshow please give me a call on +44 1672 511166 or email me at laura.jeffs@sarsen.net.

Sarsen Technology Hits the Road

Sarsen Technology is one of twenty companies taking part in the 2013 Dream Marketing Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow. The roadshow started Monday at BAE Systems in Barrow, and continues for the next 3 weeks across the UK visiting many of the industry's major design, development and research facilities along the way. 

Today is day 3 and our second day at Rolls Royce in Derby. After a busy day yesterday we are hoping to have many more good conversations about our products with the engineers and project managers in Derby.

The show then hits the road again for stays at Selex in Basildon and Safran Power in Pitstone to complete Week 1.

There is a good mix of technology solutions on the roadshow, from component suppliers and memory manufacturers right through to ceramic bearings and injection moulding services. 

If you are at a site on the Roadshow schedule and you’d like to meet the Sarsen team please get in touch on +44 1672 511166, or email us – info@sarsen.net

DSEi Review

We had a good week at DSEi last week. We have spoken to lots of new people about our range of embedded hardware, and there's lots of follow up to do when we’re back in the office, with new opportunities and projects to investigate.

The BittWare embedded COTS hardware featuring the Altera Stratix V FPGA was particularly popular, with plenty of visitors checking out the EW Radar Development System demo on the Altera stand.

This is the first time Ecrin Systems has exhibited at DSEi, and the small form factor MIL-STD-810 ‘ONYX’ embedded computer has proved a big hit with lots of new enquiries.

If you missed us last week but are lucky enough to be one of the stops on the roadshow for the next 3 weeks, you still have a chance to meet with the Sarsen Team.

If you want to know more about the Defence and Aerospace Roadshow or would like to follow up from a meeting at DSEi please get in touch on +44 1672 511166, or you can email us – info@sarsen.net

BittWare – http://www.sarsen.net/dept/bittware_d0115.htm
Events page - http://www.sarsen.net/dept/events_d0136.htm
Ecrin - http://www.sarsen.net/dept/ecrin-systems_d0151.htm
ONYX - http://www.sarsen.net/buy/onyx-multi-mission-rugged-computer_220.htm

The Sarsen Technology diary is filling up nicely for September 2013...

September is going to be a busy month for Sarsen....

We’re taking part in the Dream Marketing Defence and Aerospace Roadshow, which is a 3 week travelling exhibition visiting some of the UK’s biggest design and manufacturing facilities, giving us the opportunity to demonstrate a variety of leading edge technologies directly to the engineers and developers (who don't always manage to visit more traditional trade shows!).

But before all that excitement, we have the small matter of a little show in London. You may have

heard of it….

The DSEI exhibition is the world’s largest defence and security event, bringing together the entire industry to introduce the latest equipment and systems, develop international relationships, and generate new business opportunities.

We are going to be joining Elie Gasnier, V.P. Sales and Marketing, on the Ecrin Systems stand – N7-468. Ecrin will be showcasing the small form factor MIL-STD-810 ‘ONYX’ embedded computer, a fanless system driven by an Intel Core i7 processor. Compact and rugged, the ONYX is an ideal choice for space constrained applications and harsh environmental conditions.

Rugged ONYX Embedded Computer from Ecrin Systems

We are also going to be joining the Alterateam on stand S6-300, where we’ll be supporting some exciting Stratix V BittWare hardware. Altera will be running a live demo on the new
EW & Radar Development System, which, as its name suggests, is a development and testing platform designed specifically for electronic warfare and radar applications. The EW and Radar Dev System is a single-slot OpenVPX system including a BittWare Stratix V FPGA-based 6U VPX board, with a rear transition module for easy I/O access.

EW & Radar Development System from BittWare

If you’re going to be at DSEI from 10-13 September 2013 why not get in touch and arrange a meeting with the team, or pop by stand S6-300 or N7-468 for an informal chat.

Defence and Aerospace Roadshow Confirmed Schedule

The schedule for the Dream Marketing Defence & Aerospace Roadshow has been confirmed.

Sarsen will be visiting all of the sites on the list, sharing some exciting technology from BittWare, Dave, Extreme Engineering, General Standards, Tech Source and Trenton Systems.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Mon 16th Sep	- BAE Systems Barrow
Tues 17th Sep	- Rolls-Royce - Derby
Wed 18th Sep	- Rolls Royce - Derby
Thur 19th Sep	- Selex ES - Basildon
Fri 20th Sep	- Safran Power - Pitstone
Mon 23th Sep	- Messier Dowty - Gloucester *TBC
Tues 24th Sep	- GE Aviation - Cheltenham
Wed 25th Sep	- Cobham Mission Systems - Wimborne
Thur 26th Sep	- QinetiQ - Boscombe Down
Fri 27th Sep	- General Dynamics - Newport
Mon 30th Sep	- BAE/Airbus - Filton
Tues 1st Oct	- Rolls Royce - Bristol
Wed 2nd Oct	- L-3 Comms - Tewkesbury
Thur 3rd Oct	- Agusta Westland - Yeovil

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Sarsen Technology is Going on Tour!

We are taking part in the 2013 Dream Marketing Defence and Aerospace Roadshow this September, taking our unique blend of embedded COTS technology to the masses.

The travelling exhibition begins on 16th September and lasts for 3 weeks, visiting some of the biggest names in the Defence and Aerospace marketplace including Rolls Royce, BAE Systems, GE Aviation and Thales.

Travelling Exhibitions have changed a bit over the years....

The vehicle itself is quite special. It expands to accommodate around 20 individual exhibition stands, which all have their own power supply, cupboard storage and lighting. Plenty of room for us to show you the good stuff.

We’ve been involved with the Roadshow in the past, and have found it a brilliant way of being able to get our technology in front of engineers and developers who unfortunately don't always get to visit more traditional trade shows.

The proposed schedule is as follows:

Date	Venue	Location
Mon 16th Sep	BAE Systems	Barrow
Tues 17th Sep	Rolls-Royce	Derby
Wed 18th Sep	Selex	Luton
Thurs 19th Sep	Selex	Basildon
Fri 20th Sep	Goodrich	Pitstone
Mon 23th Sep	Messier Dowty	Gloucester
Tues 24th Sep	Cobham Mission Systems	Wimborne
Wed 25th Sep	Thales	Templecombe
Thurs 26th Sep	GE Aviation	Cheltenham
Fri 27th Sep	General Dynamics	Newport
Mon 30th Sep	BAE/MBDA	Filton
Tues 1st Oct	Rolls Royce	Bristol
Wed 2nd Oct	L-3 Comms	Tewkesbury
Thur 3rd Oct	Agusta Westland	Yeovil
Fri 4th Oct	Thales	Basingstoke

If you’d like more information please give us a call on +44 1672 511166, or drop me an email – laura.jeffs@sarsen.net

Defence & Aerospace Road Show 2010

Monday 6th September is day one of the Defence & Aerospace Road Show and we will be at SELEX Galileo in Basildon from 9am. The road show features twenty high-profile suppliers to the defence and aerospace markets and they will be exhibiting their latest technology offerings. We will be featuring COTS hardware and system solutions for applications requiring Single Board Computers, data acquisition, DSP, FPGA, high-speed data recording, ruggedised laptops, conduction-cooled systems and industrial rackmount computers. Last year’s road show was a great success and you can read about the 2010 event here:

Road Show Schedule

Nigel will be representing Sarsen Technology at Basildon; come and say hello from 9am.

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - Thursday 28th September Photos

The European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 visited Lockheed-Martin (INSYS) on Thursday 28th September. Visitors to the Sarsen Technology stand discussed the technology solutions from Trenton Technology, BittWare, Oxygen Electronics and VersaLogic.

The weather was perfect all week - if you weren't stuck on a lorry, that is! The Roadshow was well attended at every stop of the tour with more than 350 visitors. Of the 20 companies exhibiting on the truck, Sarsen has generated the most interest so far.

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - First Week Photos

A few images from the first week of the 2009 European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Roadshow. More will be added next week when visiting Siemens Roke Manor Research, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin and GE Aviation.

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009 - First Week

An enjoyable and productive week meeting new and old customers at Selex S&AS in Luton, Goodrich Automation Systems in Wolverhampton, Rolls-Royce in Derby, Lockheed Martin (INSYS) in Ampthill and Goodrich Power Systems in Pitstone. The key product areas that generated the most interest were the EVOC rugged laptops, BittWare's Altera Stratix IV FPGA solutions, Trenton Technology's 19" Rackmount server solutions and VersaLogic's PC/104-Plus Single Board Computers.

The sites to be visited next week are closer to home for the Sarsen team so no more nights away! Monday is Siemens Roke Manor Research in Romsey, then BAE Systems in Farnborough, followed by Lockheed-Martin in Havant on Wednesday, GE Aviation in Cheltenham on Thursday and BAE Systems Aerosystems International in Yeovil on Friday. If you are planning to visit the Roadshow or would like more details please visit this site http://www.aero-mag.com/issues/september09/PDF/AM_September09_Supplement.pdf or call Sarsen Technology on 01672 511166.

European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow 2009

Sarsen Technology is one of twenty companies participating in the 2009 European Defence & Aerospace Manufacturing Technology Roadshow. The roadshow takes place this year between 21st September - 16th October on a one month tour across the UK and Europe visiting many of the industry's major design, development and research facilities along the way. Included on the itinerary are visits to Selex Galileo in Luton, Goodrich Actuation Systems in Wolverhampton, Rolls-Royce in Derby, Lockheed-Martin in Ampthill, Goodrich Power Systems in Pitstone, Siemens Roke Manor in Romsey, BAE Systems in Farnborough and GE Aviation in Cheltenham.

On board the exhibition vehicle is a group of twenty suppliers demonstrating leading edge technologies for the defence and aerospace markets directly to customers on it's premises, meeting directly with many of the engineers and developers who don't always manage to get to more traditional trade shows.

We are currently in Derby meeting with Rolls-Royce and Sarsen Technology is discussing new Altera Stratix IV GX COTS hardware from BittWare, Oxygen Electronics component sourcing services, high-performance PICMG 1.3 computing solutions from Trenton Technology and rugged, embedded single board computing solutions from VersaLogic. There is a good mix of technology solutions on the roadshow and customers are keen to discuss new project opportunities. Tomorrow is Thursday so it must be Lockheed-Martin (INSYS) in Ampthill!