With 2025 drawing towards its close, now is a good moment to reflect on how the Raptor ecosystem has evolved this year—and look forward to what’s coming next. If you’re interested in a deeper technical walkthrough of these changes, New Eagle Chief Product Officer Parker Mosman’s Innovation Summit presentation on this topic is available to watch and download in the Summit Content Hub.
This year New Eagle expanded both our hardware and software offerings, culminating in the upcoming Raptor 2025b release. So, let’s recap each of our 2025 accomplishments and explore what’s coming in the December Raptor update. Plus, we’ll share a sneak peek at our roadmap for controls, connectivity, safety, and cybersecurity in 2026.
2025 at a Glance: Highlights From Across the Raptor Universe
This past year, New Eagle delivered significant updates to the Raptor ecosystem across both hardware and software platforms.
2025 ECU Launches
On the hardware side, three rugged ECUs from our John Deere partnership have been available since the Raptor 2024b v2.0:
- GCM108 (M2-501) high-channel-count hydraulic controller with powerful compute
- GCM44 (M2-031) cost-optimized hydraulic controller ideal for distributed systems
- GCM112 (M2-411) high-performance general-purpose ECU
Our active ECU portfolio scales to meet performance, I/O, and cost requirements. The lineup covers a range of application domains with a single toolchain, including:
- power distribution,
- rugged hydraulic control,
- supervisory and vehicle control,
- basic and advanced gateway applications,
- fuel cell control, and
- options for functional safety and cybersecurity.
Inside the Raptor 2025b Update
As New Eagle’s hardware portfolio expands, the software side of the Raptor ecosystem has evolved just as rapidly. The upcoming Raptor 2025b release delivers a new wave of features that strengthen security, simplify integration, and streamline development workflows.
Key software enhancements arriving in Raptor 2025b include:
- J1939-21 ↔ J1939-22 Gateway: Automated translation between legacy high-speed CAN J1939-21 and CAN-FD-based J1939-22 networks
- J1939-91C Authentication: Support for next-generation J1939 cybersecurity features
- DoIP Gateway: High-speed Ethernet-to-CAN translation enabling streamlined OTA updates and remote diagnostic capabilities
- Raptor Safe: Expansion of Stack Check and Time Check to new targets for automated functional-safety assurance
- Raptor Astrée: Formal static analysis of source code for run-time defect detection
In expanding software development environments, the Raptor toolchain will add support for CODESYS V3 on New Eagle ECUs, as well as Pictorus support on select New Eagle ECUs. Dig further into all of these updates in our 2025 Innovation Summit Content Hub.
Looking Ahead: Early Insights Into the 2026 Roadmap
The new year will advance the Raptor universe even further, with key priorities including cybersecurity and network architecture, ECU virtualization, and cloud-native development.
The John Deere VPU2 (Raptor High Performance Compute Platform) is available now with advanced perception and vision-processing capabilities, high-end computing, cybersecurity support, and environmental features. Two new VPUs are on the horizon: the VPU Medium and VPU Lite. VPU Lite prototyping is currently possible, with the VPU Medium coming in 2026. Linux SDK support will be available initially, with Raptor support to follow.
Raptor Cloud
Raptor Cloud is a cloud-based toolchain that enables ECU virtualization, built around a core set of tooling developed by ETAS and available through New Eagle for use within a cloud-based workflow. It allows for code development in Raptor, MATLAB/Simulink, ASCET, or C and the creation of virtual ECUs—well before hardware is available—with “single-button build” efficiency.
Developers can identify network integration issues, from network-timing errors to data-formatting errors, months in advance of vehicle availability by virtually networking vECUs together. Testing can be extended to include protocol stacks such as UDS and J1939, as well as cybersecurity penetration testing in the virtual environment to detect weaknesses before going to hardware.
Why These Updates Matter for Raptor Users
For engineering teams, New Eagle’s current and future advancements mean faster development, greater reliability, stronger cybersecurity, and simpler integration across complex systems. Raptor’s unified toolchain, expanding ECU portfolio, and developing cloud-based workflows make it easier than ever to scale from prototype to production.
Explore the Full Raptor Universe
Year to year, New Eagle remains committed to transparency and innovation, providing developers with the tools they need to build better systems faster. Part of that commitment is hosting our annual Innovation Summit which brings together industry leaders, innovators, and partners who are shaping the future of embedded controls and safety.
Highlights from the Innovation Summit, as well as additional materials including keynotes, panel discussions, and technical sessions, are available to browse in the Raptor Innovation Summit 2025 Content Hub. Check out the full presentation to discover more of the Raptor Universe.
