Gidel at the Defense Solutions Exhibition 2025

Real-Time FPGA Imaging for Defense Applications

At the Defense Solutions Exhibition 2025, Gidel demonstrated FPGA-based imaging technologies for defense, UAV, ISR, and high-performance vision applications. The live demonstration focused on real-time image acquisition and processing with FantoVision20-GigE, combining 10 GigE Vision, FPGA-based image enhancement, compression, and NVIDIA Jetson AI processing in a compact Edge AI platform.

FantoVision20-GigE: Real-Time FPGA Imaging for Defense

The live demonstration featured FantoVision20-GigE, combining NVIDIA Jetson processing with FPGA-based 10 GigE Vision acquisition and real-time image processing.

The FPGA handled deterministic image acquisition, HDR, image enhancement, and Quality+ Compression before transferring the processed image data to the Jetson for AI and application processing.

By moving these pixel-intensive operations to the FPGA, the system reduced acquisition and image-processing overhead on the Jetson, leaving more CPU/GPU resources available for detection, tracking, classification, and mission applications.

The architecture is well suited to defense imaging, UAV, ISR, EO/IR, airborne surveillance, and rugged vision systems that require low latency, deterministic acquisition, and efficient bandwidth usage.

Engineers evaluating GigE Vision camera selection can also review Gidel’s guide to GigE Vision cameras to compare bandwidth, connectivity, cabling, synchronization, and acquisition requirements.

FPGA Processing for Real-Time Defense Imaging

The Defense Solutions Exhibition 2025 demonstration showed how FPGA processing can be integrated directly into the image-acquisition pipeline.

Instead of transferring raw camera data to the NVIDIA Jetson and relying on the CPU/GPU for every processing stage, the FPGA can handle acquisition, HDR, image enhancement, compression, and data preparation before the image reaches the Jetson.

This architecture reduces processing overhead and helps maintain predictable low-latency operation while preserving more Jetson computing resources for AI inference and application processing.

For defense, UAV, and ISR systems, this can be particularly valuable in applications where high-bandwidth sensors, constrained data links, low-SWaP platforms, and deterministic real-time performance must be combined in a compact system.

Applications for Defense, UAV & ISR Vision Systems

The technologies demonstrated at the Defense Solutions Exhibition 2025 support demanding imaging applications including:

• ISR and EO/IR imaging
• UAV and airborne payloads
• Aerial surveillance and reconnaissance
• Real-time image enhancement
• Edge AI detection, tracking, and classification
• 10 GigE Vision acquisition for high-bandwidth imaging
• Image compression for constrained data links and storage
• Rugged and low-SWaP imaging systems
• Mission and tactical vision applications

Explore Gidel FPGA Imaging Solutions

• FantoVision Edge AI Systems
• Real-Time HDR
• Quality+ Compression
• Gidel PCIe Frame Grabbers

Defense Solutions Exhibition 2025 Event Details

📆 Tuesday, June 17, 2025
📌 Daniel Hotel, Herzliya, Israel