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Carrier boards and VPX boards aimed at rugged military applications

Asked as: “Which carrier boards and VPX boards are aimed at rugged military applications?”

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Six boards in our catalog are tagged for rugged military use: two carrier boards and four VPX boards. A few more VPX boards aren't tagged but do list MIL-STD ratings, so I've shown them separately below.

Carrier boards tagged for rugged military use

Carrier Boards diamondsys... +1diamondsystems.com ↗“application.application_domains=rugged_military”forecr.io ↗“MIL-grade carrier board for Jetson AGX Orin”

ProductManufacturerJetson module familiesOperating tempKey I/O
Jackson-ER / JAXER-BB01Diamond SystemsJetson Orin Nano, Orin NX-25 °C to 80 °CFanless; 16 DIO channels, 2 serial ports, 1 CAN port
MILBOARD-AGXMAXForecrJetson AGX Orin, AGX Orin Industrial-40 °C to 85 °C1x 10G + 3x GbE, isolated 2x CAN FD, 4x RS232/422, 8x DIO, 12–36 VDC (28 VDC nominal)

VPX boards tagged for rugged military use

All four are SOSA-aligned 3U VPX boards with conduction cooling.

Modular Compute Boards / Blades wolfadvanc... +3wolfadvancedtechnology.com ↗“Rugged 3U VPX SOSA-aligned SBC with Jetson AGX Orin Industrial, ConnectX-7 SmartNIC (up to 100GbE) and WOLF FGX2 SDI/CVBS video I/O”wolfadvancedtechnology.com ↗“Rugged 3U VPX SOSA-aligned SBC with Jetson AGX Orin Industrial and ConnectX-7 SmartNIC (up to 100GbE), DP or HDMI output, 1TB NVMe”eizorugged.com ↗“SOSA-aligned conduction-cooled 3U OpenVPX SBC with Jetson T5000 (Jetson Thor)”wolfadvancedtechnology.com ↗“Rugged 3U VPX SOSA-aligned payload (HPC) module”

ProductManufacturerModuleOperating tempShock / vibration
VPX3U-ORIN-CX7-FGX2-SBC (WOLF-14T0)WOLF Advanced TechnologyJetson AGX Orin Industrial-40 °C to 80 °C40G peak / 10G peak sine, 5–2000 Hz
VPX3U-ORIN-CX7-SBC (WOLF-14T5)WOLF Advanced TechnologyJetson AGX Orin Industrial-40 °C to 80 °C40G peak / 10G peak sine, 5–2000 Hz
VPX3U-ORIN-CX7-HPC (WOLF-14TZ)WOLF Advanced TechnologyJetson AGX Orin Industrial-40 °C to 80 °C40G peak / 10G peak sine, 5–2000 Hz
Condor T5-IOX 3U VPXEIZO Rugged SolutionsJetson T5000 (Jetson Thor)-40 °C to 85 °C40 g (MIL-STD-810) / 0.1 g²/Hz (MIL-STD-810)

Other VPX boards with MIL-STD ratings (not tagged for military use)

Additional MIL-STD-rated VPX boards connecttec... +3connecttech.com ↗“MIL-STD-810, RTCA DO-160”eizorugged.com ↗“temp/shock/vibration/humidity)”eizorugged.com ↗“MIL-STD-810H, MIL-STD-461, SOSA-aligned”wolfadvancedtechnology.com ↗“MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, SOSA-aligned”

ProductManufacturerModuleListed certifications
Graphite VPXConnect TechJetson AGX Orin IndustrialMIL-STD-810, RTCA DO-160
Condor AGX-IOXEIZO Rugged SolutionsJetson AGX Orin IndustrialMIL-STD-810, SOSA-aligned, VITA 46/65
Condor AGX-ORIN64-HPCEIZO Rugged SolutionsJetson AGX Orin IndustrialMIL-STD-810H, MIL-STD-461, SOSA-aligned
VPX3U-XAVIER-CX6-HPC (WOLF-12TZ)WOLF Advanced TechnologyJetson AGX Xavier IndustrialMIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, SOSA-aligned

There are also more SOSA-aligned 3U VPX boards, such as WOLF's IGX Thor-based WOLF-16T0, 16T1, 16T5, 16T9 and 16TZ, and Curtiss-Wright's VPX3-1711. They aren't tagged for military use and have no certifications listed. wolfadvanc... +1wolfadvancedtechnology.com ↗“SOSA-aligned 3U VPX SBC with NVIDIA IGX Thor (T5000)”defense-solutions.curtisswright.com ↗“SOSA-aligned rugged 3U OpenVPX AI/ML processor card”

What I couldn't confirm

  • Other carrier boards: Only a small share of carrier boards have an application area listed. There may be more military-grade carrier boards that I couldn't identify from their listed specs.
  • Abaco Systems boards: Our ecosystem listings include two Abaco Systems modular compute boards. I couldn't confirm whether either is meant for military use.

Sources

  1. Jackson-ER / JAXER-BB01 diamondsystems.com
  2. MILBOARD-AGXMAX forecr.io
  3. VPX3U-ORIN-CX7-FGX2-SBC (WOLF-14T0) wolfadvancedtechnology.com
  4. VPX3U-ORIN-CX7-SBC (WOLF-14T5) wolfadvancedtechnology.com
  5. Condor T5-IOX 3U VPX eizorugged.com
  6. VPX3U-ORIN-CX7-HPC (WOLF-14TZ) wolfadvancedtechnology.com
  7. Graphite VPX connecttech.com
  8. Condor AGX-IOX eizorugged.com
  9. Condor AGX-ORIN64-HPC eizorugged.com
  10. VPX3U-XAVIER-CX6-HPC (WOLF-12TZ) wolfadvancedtechnology.com
  11. WOLF-16T0 (VPX3U-THOR-CX7-FGX2-SBC) wolfadvancedtechnology.com
  12. VPX3-1711 defense-solutions.curtisswright.com