Elma Electronic, Inc

Elma Electronic, Inc.

Elma Electronic provides mission critical equipment for demanding defense programs across the world.
44350 S Grimmer Blvd
Fremont, CA 94538
United States of America
510-656-3400
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Product Summary

We design and manufacture integrated subsystems, rugged chassis, ATRs and board-level solutions for high-performance embedded computing for a wide range of applications.

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Elma Electronic, Inc

Elma Electronic, Inc., has a long history of delivering rugged embedded computing subsystems for mission critical equipment in some of the most demanding defense programs across the world. Elma designs and builds precision, high-speed backplanes, rugged electronics enclosures, hardware and subsystems assemblies following a modular open systems approach (MOSA) and using open architectures such as SOSA™, CMOSS and OpenVPX. Our hardware is used in C5ISR, EW, SIGINT, and sensor-based defense applications.

Participating in open standards organizations like SOSA™ and VITA enable us to quickly deliver agile embedded solutions. Our 901D/810E cabinets are unrivaled and trusted to protect equipment in the harshest environments.

We maintain multi-decades-long relationships with our customers by consistently delivering highly reliable embedded systems solutions for use in land, air and sea defense platforms. Our customers deliver platforms used in C5ISR, SIGINT, EW and sensor-based defense applications.

Products

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NetSys-5311
The rugged design of the NetSys-5311 brings Cisco’s ESR-6300 Embedded Services Router and its Cisco-certified mobile IP routing protocols to the network edge in a SWaP optimized...
The Elma 3-slot FlexVNX+ development chassis for VNX+ VITA 90 modules to enable rapid board bring-up, validation, and testing of VNX+ plug-in cards.
The SOSA-aligned chassis enables embedded computing systems engineers to evaluate and integrate VNX+ VITA 90 payload modules quickly and effectively.
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FlexVNX+ 3-Slot
Elma’s 3-Slot FlexVNX+ Development Chassis is the industry’s first compact, SOSA™ and VITA-90 aligned VNX+ platform, purpose built for rapid board bring-up, ...
The Elma Electronic Liquid Flow Through (LFT) VITA 48.4 modular test and development chassis can accommodate s many as six 6U OpenVPX embedded computing plug-in cards
Design and development tools come with a 1400-Watt power supply and the internal VITA 46.11 chassis manager monitors voltages and temperature status.
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CompacFrame platform accelerates the development and test of 3U plug-in-cards (PICs) designed according to VITA 48.8, Air Flow Through Cooling standard.
Elma’s all new CompacFrame platform accelerates the development and test of 3U plug-in-cards (PICs) designed according to VITA 48.8, Air Flow Through Cooling standard. The...
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3U OpenVPX 2-Slot Backplane
This 3U Open VPX backplane offers one VITA 46 Power and Ground slot and one VITA 62 power supply slot to support the development and deployment of systems requiring a VITA 62 ...
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ELMA CMFF Chassis with SAVE Tray
CMOSS Modular Form Factor (CMFF) field-deployable chassis, with Standard A-Kit Envelope (SAVE) tray. Includes a 7-slot 3U VPX backplane, chassis manager, and VITA 62 power supply...
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MORA Ready Development Platform
CompacFrame integrated with SOSA aligned PICs and Sciens Innovations helux Core RF tools
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RA24 - RP24 Stacked
The RP24 Rugged Power Supply and RA24 Battery Module form a robust, versatile power solution designed for demanding military and industrial applications.
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ELMA FlexVNX+
FlexVNX+ Test and Development Platform Aligned to SOSA and VITA 90 Standards

Press Releases

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Find ELMA in the MDEX Defense Pavilion, Booth #10016
Xponential/MDEX 2026 MEDIA ADVISORY: Booth #10016; May 11-14, 2024; Huntington Place, Detroit, MI Paper Presentation: Monday, May 11 @ 3:30 pm; Room 140D  Applying MOSA to...
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Elma Electronic Opens Customer Experience Center at U.S. Headquarters
Supports mission-ready and industrial system development through early customer engagement  Highlights  ·    Enables direct collaboration...
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2026 Army Summit
The Must Attend Event Army Aviation Summit - Gaylord Opryland, Nashville, TN April 15, 2026 to April 17, 2026 Elma will showcase network management software on a rugged CMFF chassis...
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Program to provide rapid delivery of innovative capabilities to the warfighter with increased speed and agility FREMONT, Calif., January 2026 – Elma Electronic Inc. is pleased...
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Elma’s 3-Slot FlexVNX+

Videos

Elma Electronic Solutions for Ground Defense Programs
Partnering with the World’s Defense Leaders For decades, Elma has been at the forefront of defense embedded technologies, delivering ruggedized, mission-critical electronic systems...
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Explore this video detailing Elma’s NetSys-5303, ideal for rugged and mission-critical applications utilizing wireless multi-access edge computing to ensure secure network...
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The demo shows the use of the SOSA System Manager to orchestrate containerized applications across multiple Payload Plug-In Cards (PICs) via the control plane network. The goal...
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Elma’s CompacFrame series are designed to offer a broad choice of ready to use or tailored development platforms for systems based on 3U VPX or aligned to the SOSA standard...
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Elma’s E18 mechanical-incremental encoders are designed and produced to provide a quality, robust encoder with great turning feel at an affordable cost point. Applications include...

Resources

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PIM Key Components
Miss Xponential? Download this paper on VNX+ for Autonomous Vehicles, which was presented by our own Mark Littlefield, discussing how this new open standard is making strides ...
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Case Study: Aegis Combat System Fire-Control Hardware Cabinet
Shock-Proof Cabinets Modernize Aegis Combat System When the U.S. Navy sought to modernize its Aegis combat system’s fire-control hardware, it faced the challenge of replacing...
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Rugged Cabinets for Harsh Environments
Part 1: Industry Landscape and Environmental Challenges
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Shock-Isolated Multi-Bay Enclosures for Next-Generation Naval Radar A cutting-edge U.S. Navy radar program (AN/SPY-6 family) required electronics cabinets that could survive the...
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Submarine Torpedo Network Secured by Shock-Isolated Racks A submarine combat-system upgrade demanded an enclosure solution as stealthy and resilient as the vessel itself. The ...

Blogs

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Unmanned and autonomous applications require more compact, high-density standards-based systems to continue intelligence advancements at the tactical edge.
Modern defense and aerospace systems increasingly depend on embedded computing platforms that can deliver higher performance, while operating within strict size, weight, power...
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ELMA Article Artificial Intelligence
With a broad range of deployable systems that support AI processing, Elma is helping bring high performance, high computer embedded technologies into several rugged and mobile...
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Compact Frame 6-slot
Perhaps surprisingly, one of the many benefits that the SOSA™ Technical Standard offers involve development chassis. Development chassis are nothing new in embedded computing...
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At Elma, we answer tons of customers’ pre-sales questions as well as ones during design phases, preliminary design reviews, and critical design reviews, not to mention post...
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Elma's Vpx Chassis Manager Assures The Proper Operation Of Chassis Components (power Supply, Fans, Backplane) Andplug In Cards In Defense Embedded Computing Platforms
Keeping embedded systems healthy through a properly implemented chassis management system is an important part of mission-critical operations, regardless of the architecture, ...

Articles

The Elma Electronic CompacFrame development chassis is for radar, autonomous navigation, threat detection and identification, target tracking, sensor fusion, surveillance, and situational awareness.
Chassis is for compute-intensive processing of infrared and RF signals using AI, machine learning, or traditional digital signal processing algorithms.
The Elma JetSys-2010 small-form-factor industrial-grade rugged computer is for AI inferencing in demanding industrial applications
Rugged systems developers can use NVIDIA's AI tools and the NVIDIA JetPack SDK to accelerate end-to-end AI application development.
The Elma SOSA-aligned and MOSA-conformant embedded computing backplane is for EW, reconnaissance, and surveillance applications.
Backplane supports the U.S. military's Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) mandate, and offers six VITA 65 slots and one VITA 62 power supply slot.
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Elma's MRDP uses the Sciens helux Core MORA RF tools to help the user view, evaluate, and control MORA resources to explore device capabilities.
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Mission-ready chassis comes with 7-slot backplane for six conduction-cooled SOSA-aligned plug-in cards, and one VITA 62 power supply.
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The SOSA-aligned embedded computing development chassis includes a VITA 46.11 chassis manager with Ethernet and serial ports accessible at the rear.
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The conduction-cooled VITA 48.2 3U VPX router serves as an aggregation point for on-demand network connectivity in mobile or fixed deployments.
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Six-slot chassis includes military-grade components like MIL-STD-38999 connectors and high-altitude fan tray that operates under extreme conditions.
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The rugged AI embedded computing system delivers 275 teraoperations per second and offers expansion sites for custom I/O and storage requirements.
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The JetKit-3010 embedded computing kit uses the integrated deep learning capabilities and I/O of the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier GPGPU.

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Match Your VPX Ethernet Switch Configuration to Your Backplane
Why must a VPX Ethernet switch configuration match the backplane profile? A VPX Ethernet switch must be configured to match the backplane’s defined signal topology, including...
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Elma TIPS for VPX System Integration: What the heck are SYS_CON*, NVMRO, and MaskableReset*? At Elma, not only do we get tons of pre-sales questions, we also field plenty of questions...
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Military Embedded Systems Virtual Summit: Leveraging AI in CJADC2 Operations
September 17, 2025 - Elma Electronic, Inc. Artificial intelligence (AI) solutions will be critical to enabling CJADC2 operations as the data being processed across the network...
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Figure 1 Modern Electronics Enclosures Must Protect Systems From Harsh, Rugged Environments Across Industrial And Military Applications
With the increased reliance on electronics needing to operate autonomously, modern military and industrial rugged cabinets are more than just a box designed to house electronics...
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Stackable Rugged Power System with Extended Backup for Remote Applications
· RP24 Rugged Power Supply Module: capable of delivering 1,000W of continuous power. Up to five can stack for combined output of 4,500W · RA24 Rugged Battery Module: enhances ...
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Figure 1. The versatility of the new QMC module includes variable stacking heights, cooling, and carrier space usage without vendor lock-in (photo credit: TEWS Technologies)
May 8, 2025 - Elma Electronic Inc, Fremont, CA Mezzanine cards have long been used in embedded computing to enhance the performance of electronic devices to extend or change functionali...
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7-slot 3U OpenVPX backplane
These six VITA 65 slots plus one VITA 62 slot (6+1) backplanes are designed in alignment with The Open Group® Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ Technical Reference Standard...
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JetSys-2010
The JetSys-2010 is an industrial grade rugged Small Form Factor platform for AI inference computing. Featuring the NVIDIA® Jetson Orin™ NX SoM with 16 GB and the NVIDIA...
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JetSys-2010
Elma Electronic now offers the JetSys-2010, an industrial grade rugged small form factor (SFF) platform for AI inference computing. By providing full data control with maximum...
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New OpenVPX backplanes aligned to SOSA support DOD's MOSA Initiatives
Elma Electronic has enhanced its line of SOSA aligned backplanes to include a 7-slot 3U OpenVPX model that further supports the DOD’s Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) mandate...
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FlexVNX+ Development Platform from Elma Offers Next-gen Testing Platform
• Compact, portable system accelerates test and development of VNX+ PICs • Ensures high-speed, reliable communications for rugged defense environments • Supports multiple interfaces...
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MORA-ready Development Platform is Pre-configured for CMOSS Application Development Aligned to SOSA™ Final configuration easily be migrated to a deployable platform.
Highlights ·MORA-ready for SOSA and CMOSS development environments ·3U VPX platform pre-integrates open standards-based hardware and software ·Speeds time to deployment in a range...