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PACKING A making one computer that can go into both. We
have seen a lot of interest in the product both
from the civil and the military side.

“Because of the civil applications, Perigon is
designed for common mode fault tolerance,”
REAL PUNCH Avritch added.
“I DO NOT THINK THERE IS
ANYBODY ELSE IN THE MARKET
THAT HAS A COMPUTER THAT
IS COMMON MODE FAULT
TOLERANT WITH THREE DISSIMILAR
COLLINS AEROSPACE’S PERIGON COMPUTER, PROCESSORS, WHICH WILL ALLOW
DESIGNED BOTH FOR COMMERCIAL AND YOU TO DO A CIVIL CERTIFICATION
DEFENCE PLATFORMS, WILL DELIVER 20 TIMES WITHOUT AN INDEPENDENT BACK
THE PROCESSING POWER OF THE COMPANY’S UP. ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF
EXISTING FLIGHT CONTROL COMPUTERS PERIGON IS RECONFIGURABILITY

WITHOUT HAVING TO DO
Arun Sivasankaran
HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE
CHANGES. WE MADE OUR IO
Collins Aerospace is seeing major interest in Perigon, the next
generation vehicle management computer that will deliver 20 times RECONFIGURABLE. YOU JUST
the processing power of its existing flight control computers and CHANGE A SIMPLE TABLE.”
can be used in a broad range of commercial and defence platforms.
“What makes Perigon stand out from other computers is that it Immense Possibilities
designed for both military and civil certification,” Steve Avritch, The computer, which has enough process-
Perigon Chief Engineer for Collins Aerospace, said. “In the past, ing power to support multiple functions, has
there have generally been two categories of computers; we are been developed keeping in mind the needs of

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