Embedded computing electronic chassis for helicopters, ground vehicles, and reconnaissance offered by Elma

FREMONT, Calif. – Elma Electronic Inc. in Fremont, Calif., is introducing a 3U CMOSS mounted form factor (CMFF) electronics chassis for integrated command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) in ground vehicles and helicopters.

The embedded computing chassis is SOSA- and CMOSS-aligned as well as SAVE-compliant. The small lightweight chassis is designed to mitigate shock and vibration, while staying within the standard A-Kit vehicle envelope (SAVE) dimensions.

Maintenance ports on each slot route to a connector, which connects to a maintenance port aggregator, which poses a USB port to the front panel. The user connects a laptop to the USB, and the maintenance ports are all available as UART ports.

This mission-ready platform comes standard with a 7-slot backplane ready to accept six conduction cooled, SOSA aligned plug-in cards (PICs) and one VITA 62 power supply and is an way to rapidly integrate a deployable platform. The chassis has an advanced airflow design that distributes air across the top and bottom via external fins.

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Additional features of the electronics chassis include Elma's built-in VITA 46.11 Chassis Manager that provides intelligent system health monitoring. The front panel includes on/off switch, reset switch, voltage LEDs and test points.

Military-grade components used in the all-aluminum chassis include MIL- STD-38999 connectors, line filter, on/off and reset switches, LEDs and circuit breakers as well as a high-altitude cooling fan that can operate under extremely harsh temperature conditions.

Available options include various backplanes, dual power supplies, and different cabling. For more information contact Elma online at https://products.elma.com/products/rugged-deployable-cmff-chassis-aligned-to-sosa™-with-save-tray.