Kontron recently launched the VX3406, a 3U VPX Ethernet board designed for harsh defense and aerospace environments. It offers up to six 1000BASE-T ports, each managed by a dedicated Ethernet controller, ensuring seamless integration of multiple IP-based sensors and communication modules, zero bandwidth contention, fault and cybersecurity isolation, and precise traffic prioritization.
Designed for C4ISR systems, unmanned platforms, and any connected warfare scenario, the ruggedized, low-power consumption VX3406 ensures high resilience, secure segmentation, and real-time data handling across various harsh environments.
The VX3406 integrates a powerful eight-port, eight-lane PCIe Gen3 switch offering users the ability to leverage up to four independent 1G/2.5G ports fully supporting TSN/IEEE1388, along with up to two dedicated 1G copper ports, enabling a total of six concurrent 1000BASE-T ports for unrivaled network expansion.
Easy integration of TSN-capable controllers across its multiple independent ports avoids the need for legacy deterministic protocols or external switches, ensuring delivery and timing precision for demanding embedded aerospace and defense environments. This makes the VX3406 ideal in use cases where low-latency, jitter-free deterministic Ethernet communication is a prerequisite, including real-time sensor fusion, mission system coordination, control-loop communications, and synchronized audio/video streams.
The conduction-cooled Kontron VX3406 is also available with an air-cooled variant available on request.