VITA 100 Standards

This TechXchange address rugged system standards related to VITA 100.
Aug. 11, 2025

VITA 100 is a new series of standards from VITA. VITA started as the VMEbus International Trade Association that develops standards and system architectures for the military and avionic arenas. This includes the popular OpenVPX platform.

This TechXchange provides resources and content describing VITA 100 standards and their importance to aerospace and defense developers. 

VITA 100 Content

What is VITA 100?
The collection of standards comprising VITA 100 looks to support military and avionics for the next 15 years.
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Find out about VITA 100. It's a collection of rugged standards for industrial, military, and avionics computer systems.
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The VITA 100 standard was formulated to meet increasing demands for processing power and data handling in the latest embedded computing systems.
Addressing Connector Challenges for VITA 100
VITA 100, which delivers more power and bandwidth for rugged applications, needs new connectors to handle faster speeds.

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