OpenVPX

OpenVPX is an Industry Working Group of 28 defense contractors. OpenVPX was founded by Mercury Systems in January 2009. The OpenVPX Industry Working Group has provided new standards which will replace VME and VXS standards in future defense designs.[1]

6U VPX Video Output Module form Wolf company on DSEI-2019

On October 19, 2009, the OpenVPX working group demonstrated the new standard at MILCOM[2] featuring an OpenVPX backplane in a Hybricon SFF-4 Small Form Factor conduction-cooled chassis integrated with Curtiss-Wright Controls' small form factor 3U OpenVPX-compliant cards.[3]

OpenVPX is a fully ratified open standard in the VITA (VMEbus International Trade Association) organization. ANSI/VITA 65-2017 is the OpenVPX System Standard with several related specifications for ruggedized mechanical implementation, RF signal interconnects, optical interconnects, and more. There is a wide ecosystem of board and system/chassis vendors including Pixus Technologies, Elma Electronic, GE Intelligent Platforms, Concurrent Technologies, CoreEL Technologies[4] Kontron, Mercury Systems, and many others.

See also

References
  1. VITA: Open Standards, Open Markets
  2. Chris A. Ciufo, Editor. "EXTRA! OpenVPX goes from conflict to collaboration – VITA Technologies". Vmecritical.com. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  3. "Live OpenVPX system unveiled at Milcom". Defense Systems. 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  4. "CoreEL VPX Products".
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