BAE Systems

The present invention relates to a server system of a vehicle. The server system comprises: a plurality of data archives, each data archive of the plurality of data archives configured to store a set of applications; a plurality of compute modules for executing applications from the set of applications; and a plurality of application managers, each compute module of the plurality of compute modules comprising an application manager of the plurality of application managers, each application manager for managing execution of at least some of the applications of the set of applications between the plurality of compute modules, wherein the plurality of compute modules are physically separated from each other on the vehicle.

A method of manufacture of a projectile shell (100). The shell (100) may comprise a tail section (200). The method may comprise the steps of providing a tail section workpiece (210) formed from a first plate preform (230) and forming the tail section (200) from the tail section workpiece (210) using a hub forming process in advance of a spin forming process.

A method of manufacture of a projectile shell (100). The shell (100) may comprise a body section (300). The method may comprise the step of providing a body section workpiece (310) formed from a first tube preform (320) and forming the body section (300) from the body section workpiece (310) using a first forming process.

A method of detecting objects in compressive spectral images, the method implemented by a computer comprising a processor and a memory, the method comprising:obtaining, using coded aperture imaging, a compressive spectral image of an object;generating a reference compressive spectral image; anddetecting the object in the obtained compressive spectral image by comparing the obtained compressive spectral image and the generated reference compressive spectral image.

A weapon system (100). The weapon system (100) comprises a chassis (200), an ordnance mount (300) and an ordnance (400) mounted to the ordnance mount (300). The ordnance (400) has a barrel (410) which comprises a breech (402) and a muzzle (404). The ordnance (400) is pivotable relative to an x-axis about a pivot axis (406) aligned with a y-axis and mounted such that it is constrained to pivot in an arc in a plane defined by the x-axis and a z-axis between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration the barrel (410) extends from the breech (402) to the muzzle (404) in a first direction (D1) along the x-axis, the first direction (D1) being a direction along the x-axis from the second end (204) of the chassis (200) to the first end (202) of the chassis (200). In the second configuration the barrel (410) extends from the breech (402) to the muzzle (404) in a second direction (D2) along the x-axis, the second direction (D2) being a direction along the x-axis from the first end (202) of the chassis (200) to the second end (204) of the chassis (200).

Data transfer arrangements are described between a synchronisation system and one or more external systems. Based on data stored in a metadata store (e.g. at a synchronisation system), a determination made regarding whether any software data stored in a software store corresponding to data sessions identified with respective synchronisation instances have not been transferred to one of one or more external systems. If so, a payload is generated including software data corresponding to un-transferred data session(s) for transfer to the respective external system(s).

A system is described comprising a synchronisation system and one or more external systems. A synchronisation instance in initiated, including defining a synchronisation identifier for the synchronisation instances, and storing said synchronisation identifier in a metadata store. A data session is initiated, identified with the synchronisation instance for storing obtained software data. Software data is obtained from one or more respective external data sources during said data session. Software updates obtained during said data session are stored in a software store, said stored software data updates being associated with said synchronisation identifier and including details of new data, changed data and/or deleted data since a preceding synchronisation instance.

The application relates to a method of transmitting high frame rate video using a standard interface video format by packing multiple frames of the high frame rate video into rolling buffer to obtain an output frame.

A system and computer-implemented method of transferring data from an uncrewed vehicle comprises obtaining (202), at the uncrewed vehicle, data to be transferred, and compressing (204) the obtained data using a lossy data compression technique to produce compressed data. The compressed data is transferred (206) over a wireless communications link to a remote device, which performs (208) resolution enhancement on the transferred compressed data using a trained machine learning model to produce enhanced data.

A method of transmitting an image represented in a raster graphics format from a graphics processor to an image display apparatus that displays images on a display device using binary pixels is defined. The method comprises converting, at a graphics processor, the raster graphics format representation of the image into a binary pixel representation of the image, encoding, at the graphics processor, the binary pixel representation into a raster frame and transmitting the raster frame from the graphics processor to an image display apparatus using a video interface that uses the raster graphics format.