October 22, 2025
Fremont, California – October 22, 2025 – Elma Electronic has been recognized in the 2025 Military & Aerospace Electronics (MAE) Innovators Awards by receiving the highest honors for its leading edge technology platforms based on open standards for mission-critical defense computing systems. This prestigious program honors the most impactful innovations advancing aerospace and defense electronics.
Elma Electronic earned two Platinum awards and one Silver award in the categories of embedded computing and electronics cooling categories.
“We’re thrilled that the MAE judging panel recognized the impact of our innovative computing platforms,” said Ram Rajan, senior vice president engineering of Elma Electronic. “This year’s awards truly honor the diligent efforts of our teams to continuously push the boundaries on open standards to deliver solutions to our customers for their mission-critical platforms.”
Elma Electronic was honored for the following products:
Platinum Honors
Electronics Cooling
The VITA 48.4 liquid-flow-through test and development chassis is a rugged, lab-deployable chassis designed to test and validate high-power 6U OpenVPX payloads that require liquid-flow-through (LFT) cooling. Built for engineers developing SOSA-aligned systems, this 6-slot system enables full-speed board bring-up in a benchtop environment. The system supports an external CDU (Coolant Distribution Unit) for fluid circulation, giving customers the flexibility to pair it with high-performance cooling infrastructure from preferred vendors.
Embedded Computing
The FlexVNX 3-slot VNX+ Test and Development Chassis is a compact SOSA-aligned VNX+ development system for rapid board bring-up, validation, and test of VITA-90 plug-in cards (PICs). Tailored for early-stage VNX+ developers and system integrators, this 2+1 slot chassis provides a streamlined solution to accelerate time-to-market for mission-critical small form factor (SFF) systems. Supporting 400-pin and 320-pin payload slots with complete user I/O breakout and mezzanine-mapped expansion, the chassis simplifies system testing with features like a maintenance port aggregator, airflow-optimized card cage, and flexible power configurations (AC or 28VDC). Whether with or without wedgelocks or metal enclosures, this development system accommodates the real-world needs of VNX+ card engineering teams. It’s a vital enabler for cultivating a broader ecosystem of deployable VNX+ solutions across aerospace and defense programs.
Silver Honor
AI-Optimized Test and Development Chassis
This CompacFrame was designed to meet the complex needs of AI-based processing when testing and developing rugged embedded applications. Typical applications include where one GPU/SBC pair is running an inference model and another is supporting signal processing of RF data or driving a high-definition display.
The portable unit is ideal for compute-intensive processing of electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) and radio frequency (RF) using AI, machine learning (ML) or traditional digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms. Applications include radar beamforming, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), ground moving target indicator (GMTI) radar, autonomous navigation, threat detection and identification as well as target tracking and display, sensor fusion, surveillance and situational awareness.