Foremost increase range of enclosures for defence applications
Foremost Electronics, continue to expand their range of MIL-grade rugged enclosures, COTS components and HMI solutions which offer users uncompromised reliability.
Recent additions to their enclosure and components portfolio bring together key players in the market to offer customers value-added flexible solutions for rugged portable and fixed equipment.
At the heart of the new offering are NVent Schroff system enclosures including VME, VPX, CPCi and small form factor variants. These can now be offered either as an individual chassis (including backplane, power and cooling) or as a solution with Kontron products including:
• Single board computers (SBC’s).
• CompactPCI® PICMG2.16 BLADE processors, Communication Transition Modules (featuring dual HDD sockets, dual Gigabit, a Serial port and VGA).
• Industrial Ethernet Switches.
In addition, Foremost offer ruggedised server and computing solutions from Trenton Systems:
• Ruggedised COTS, MOTS and custom TAA-compliant servers.
For a fixed installation the system can be housed in an NVent Schroff Mil-Std cabinet:
• NVent Schroff Varistar CP MIL 901E Cabinet is military certified for shock, vibration, EMC, and corrosion. Doubly protected against corrosion, zinc-plated and powder-coated. 4 shock absorbers at bottom and 2 shock absorbers at top
For portable applications Foremost can provide the rapidly deployable and rugged MILEX transit case from Desapro:
• Water and dust proofed, shock and vibration absorbing aluminium transit case for 19” electronic equipment.
• NATO approved and designed to meet the rigid requirements of U.S. MIL specifications and other MIL standards worldwide.
A wide range of accessories are available for the MILEX case including cooling systems, racks, drawers and slides provides the most comprehensive range available today for the safe packaging of mobile electronics.
