Examining the Latest Standards for Rugged Small Form Factor Computing

May 11, 2022

In recent years, significant efforts have resulted in bringing open standards to the forefront of next-gen designs to meet the Modular Open Standards Approach (MOSA) initiatives.

As work to bring open standards architectures such as OpenVPX to the SOSA Technical Reference standard 1.0, for multi-mission defense platforms it has become clear that there is a need for smaller form factors than 3U VPX to address severe SWaP constraints and yet maintains scalability and interoperability that OpenVPX and SOSA provide.

This webinar will examine two such smaller form factor open standards initiatives that are being discussed in both the VITA trade association as well as the SOSA Consortium – VITA 74 VNX/VITA 90 VNX+ and Short VPX.

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Small Form Factor, Full-Scale Capability: How VNX+ and QMC Expand I/O for MOSA Systems

May 6, 2026

MOSA and COTS are reshaping defense electronics designs. Custom electronics were the assumed path where SWaP is critical. Open standards hardware like VNX+ is changing that.

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Ethernet Connectivity Between Rugged Embedded Systems

March 31, 2026

This webinar explores the implementation of 100 Gbps Ethernet connectivity in rugged military computer systems, specifically focusing on scalable systems using open standards like VPX and SOSA architectures.