Experts in Open Architecture Hardware for High-Performance Embedded Compute Systems

Our Solutions are Designed to Open Architecture Standards

EIZO Rugged Solutions brings deep experience designing rugged graphics and video processing hardware within OpenVPX architectures, supporting high bandwidth data movement and real time visualization in demanding environments. Our solutions are engineered to balance performance, power, and thermal constraints while maintaining compliance with open standards. By delivering commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware built to widely adopted industry standards, EIZO Rugged Solutions enables system integrators with field-capable hardware faster, without sacrificing interoperability, future upgrade paths, or compliance.

From graphics processing and video capture to encoding and display, our OpenVPX solutions are designed for reliable operation in harsh conditions and complex system topologies. This expertise enables consistent performance across deployed platforms and simplifies integration into existing architectures.

Open Standards Drive Mission Interoperability

Modern defense programs demand interoperability, rapid technology insertion, and lifecycle sustainability. While early VPX specifications focused primarily on board-level implementations, today’s mission systems require system-level architectural consistency to reduce integration complexity and enable true multi-vendor interoperability.

EIZO Rugged Solutions develops VPX modules and systems aligned with VITA 46.x, 47.x, 48.x, and OpenVPX™ (VITA 65) standards and supports designs configurable to Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ (SOSA) technical standards.

Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)

On January 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) issued a memo, signed by the Secretaries of the Army, Air Force, and Navy, mandating the use of the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA). The Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) Directive is a set of guidelines and policies adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) aimed at promoting the use of modular, open systems in the acquisition and development of military systems. The initiative is designed to enhance the flexibility, affordability, and interoperability of defense systems by leveraging commercially available technologies and open standards. This mandate for MOSA is even codified into a United States law (Title 10 U.S.C. 2446a.(b), Sec 805) that states all major defense acquisition programs (MDAP) are to be designed and developed using a MOSA open architecture.

MOSA has accelerated the adoption of a variety of open standards, such as The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ (SOSA) and the U.S. Army CCDC C5ISR Center’s C5ISR/EW Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS), that have been adopted by the three military branches.

EIZO Rugged Solutions supports MOSA not only through standards alignment, but through consistent execution across development, deployment, and sustainment. Our open architecture solutions give programs the flexibility to adapt, compete, and modernize—without sacrificing reliability or control.

SOSA Drives System Interoperability

The Open Group Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ (SOSA) Consortium defines a common framework for transitioning sensor systems to open, interoperable architectures built on widely adopted industry standards. Developed through close collaboration between government and industry, SOSA establishes consistent interfaces and best practices that simplify integration and promote system reuse. Originally evolving from The Open Group Future Airborne Capabilities Environment™ (FACE) initiative, SOSA accelerates the deployment of affordable, scalable, and interoperable sensor systems across defense platforms.

Support for SOSA Aligned and Customer-Defined Profiles

EIZO Rugged Solutions designs open architecture hardware that supports SOSA aligned profiles as well as customer-defined OpenVPX profiles, giving system designers the flexibility to meet program requirements without sacrificing interoperability. Our standards-driven approach enables predictable integration within multi-vendor environments while allowing customization where mission or platform constraints demand it.

By aligning to SOSA principles and OpenVPX system architectures, we help ensure consistent interfaces, scalable designs, and long-term adaptability. This flexibility allows programs to adopt common architectures while retaining the ability to tailor solutions to unique performance, IO, and environmental requirements.