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our solutions

CAES APD DEVELOPS CUTTING-EDGE RF, ANALOG, DIGITAL HARDWARE & SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS FOR COMPLEX COMMERCIAL AND DEFENSE INDUSTRIES.

Peregrine II – High Performance Digital Receiver/Exciter/Software Defined Radio
  • Complex sub-/system design
  • high-performance computing 
  • IoT / Embedded / Enterprise
94 GHz Landing Demo Video
  • drivers to enterprise software development
  • dsp, AI & advanced algorithms
  • vhdl, verilog & opencl
Skyline – Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar System
  • RF – HF TO 340 GHz
  • RADAR / COMM / EO / EW / SIGINT / IR
  • FULL PRODUCTION LIFE CYCLE SOLUTIONS
"CAES APD's design capabilities made our project successful beyond our wildest dreams!"
5G Communications EngineerIntel Corporation
"CAES APD's low-cost, high-performance radar solutions are disrupting the market."
Radar Systems FellowRaytheon Technologies
"CAES APD provides Tier 1 defense solutions at commercial speed and a fraction of the cost..."
Program ManagerAir Force

cutting-edge capabilities
and solutions

SUB-/SYSTEMS

  • Concept of Operations
  • Requirements & Architecture Capture
  • Model Based System Engineering (MBSE)
  • Modeling & Simulation
  • Turn-Key Product Development
  • Lifecycle Managment

AI & ALGORITHMS

  • Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
  • Artificial Intellegence (AI)
  • Profiling, Tracking & Detection-Sense-and-Avoid (SAA)
  • Autonomy
  • Data Analytics

RADIO FREQUENCY & ELECTROMAGNETICS

  • DC to 340 GHz
  • EM Modeling
  • Antenna Design
  • Front-/Back-Ends

HARDWARE

  • RF, Analog & Digital Solutions
  • Schematics, Layout & Manufacturing
  • Complex / High Density
  • Technology Agnostic - X86, FPGAs, GPUs, ARM, PPC & More
  • Ruggedized & Industrial Designs

SOFTWARE / FIRMWARE

  • Drivers to Web/Apps/Real-Time Code
  • Custom Operating Systems & BIOS
  • Bare Metal to Enterprise Applications
  • C/C++, JAVA, Python, VHDL, Verilog, OpenCL, CUDA, OpenVINO & Much More!

MECHANICAL

  • Themal Solutions - Active & Passive
  • Enclosures - Rugged & Industrial
  • Land, Sea, Air & Space Platforms

TEST & EVALUATION

  • RF Test Equipment to 220 GHz
  • Anechoic, Thermal & Environmental Chambers
  • Vibration & Shock
  • Final Functional & Integration Testing

MANUFACTURING & PRODUCTION

  • Extensive Analog & Digital Manufactruing Partnerships
  • Test Fixture Design Support
  • Volume Production - Test & Integration
  • Certification / Test Support - FCC, UL, EMI & More

SUSTAINMENT

  • Life Cycle Management
  • Integrated Product Support
  • Tech Insertion
  • Training & Support

PRODUCTS

CAES APD supplies off the shelf RF, Digital, Analog and Software solutions. Don’t see what you need? Contact our team to learn more about our custom, quick turn, innovative solutions!

Drex Plus High-Performance Digital Receiver/Exciter Plus = Significant DSP Processing
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Vortex - Intel Agilex FPGA PCIe Accelerator
Vortex - Intel Agilex FPGA PCIe Accelerator
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iScan Phantom - 77 GHz Modular Automotive Radar Development Kit with Turbo 1 FPGA Expansion
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PARTNERS

CAES APD is a preferred design partner for industry leading RF, digital and analog technology providers.

Our partner alliances allow us to offer a wide range of the highest quality components for our customers and collaborative efforts to accelerate your time to market.

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