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Aerospace and defense systems are built to last but many mission-critical devices have been in service for decades. Programs now face the dual challenge of maintaining legacy systems while modernizing to meet today’s demands for autonomy, cyber resilience, and advanced communications. Full replacement is costly and risky but standing still is not an option.

Join Wind River experts to explore how the Helix Virtualization Platform (HVP) delivers a proven modernization path for aerospace and defense. By consolidating legacy and next-generation workloads on a single platform, HVP helps reduce development risk, control operational costs, and simplify the insertion of new technologies - all while managing the complexity of mixed-criticality devices. With decades of mission-critical expertise and comprehensive support services, Wind River empowers programs to modernize with confidence and extend system lifecycles for decades to come.

Key Takeaways:
• Why modernization is mission-critical for legacy systems
• How to reduce development risk and accelerate certification in long-lived defense programs
• Ways to lower operational costs through hardware consolidation and extended lifecycle support
• How to integrate new technologies without disrupting certified legacy workloads
• Why Wind River is the trusted partner for modernizing aerospace and defense systems

60-minutes
When
Thursday, October 30, 2025 · 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)
Presenters
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Jeffrey Hill
Executive Editor, Via Satellite
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David Mercado
Director of Field Engineering for Aerospace & Defense, Wind River
David Mercado is a Director of Field Engineering, Aerospace & Defense for Wind River Systems. He has over 30 years of deep experience in embedded systems and 24 years at Wind River. Previous to his current and FAE roles, David served as a Principal Technologist where he provided training, consulting and 911 services across a broad spectrum of industry and technology, including the FACE conformant VxWorks and Wind River Helix™ Virtualization Platform products.
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