Aitech Defense Systems Announces That It Has Joined the Board of Directors of VITA
Aitech Defense Systems, a world leader in the development and manufacture of board and subsystem level products for harsh environment defense, aerospace and space applications, has announced that it has joined the board of directors of VITA, the VMEbus International Trade Association dedicated to fostering open systems architecture in a variety of embedded computing applications.
Chatsworth, CA (PRWEB) January 27, 2006
Aitech Defense Systems, a world leader in the development and manufacture of board and subsystem level products for harsh environment defense, aerospace and space applications, has announced that it has joined the board of directors of VITA, the VMEbus International Trade Association dedicated to fostering open systems architecture in a variety of embedded computing applications. Aitech’s long standing commitment to the VMEbus standard includes such innovations as developing the first true military SAVA (Standard Army Vetronics Architecture) compliant, VMEbus SBC in 1985 as well as the first set of radiation-qualified, multiple VMEbus products for the International Space Station (ISS) in 1996.
Doug Patterson, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Aitech, will serve as Aitech’s primary representative on the VITA board. Patterson commented, “VITA has upheld the standards and integrity of the VME community for over 22 years. Aitech is proud to be joining the board of directors, so that we can continue to make a substantial impact on the continuing growth of the VMEbus and the encompassing bus and board industry, and to the markets it so effectively serves.
Because these are open specifications, VMEbus and other embedded bus and board technologies are used in a broad range of significant industries ranging from defense and aerospace commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) subsystems and platforms, high-end industrial controls, medicine and healthcare to transportation, scientific instrumentation, and communications equipment."
Accredited as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) developer and also accredited under the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), the VITA Standards Organization (VSO) provides its members with the ability to develop and to promote open technology standards. The VSO has created more than 30 standards in the past 10 years that promote open technology systems; all the VSO standards are extensions of or related to the original VMEbus standard of 1981. In military and defense embedded computing applications, VME is the most widely used open standard in existence.
Ray Alderman, executive director of VITA, said, "The strength of our organization lies in the dedication of our membership, and the commitment from companies such as Aitech help to foster VME and the industries in which VME plays a vital role. VME is still flourishing worldwide because the specifications continually incorporate the newest technologies, thanks to the collective efforts of the members in the VITA Standards Organization.”
For more detailed information on Aitech Defense Systems and its work with the VITA organization, please call 888-Aitech-8 (248-3248), visit www. rugged. com.
About VITA
VITA, the VMEbus International Trade Association, is an incorporated, non-profit organization of vendors and users having a common market interest. Founded in 1984, VITA believes in and champions open system architectures as opposed to proprietary system architectures. VITA's activities are international in scope. The functions performed by VITA are technical, promotional, and user-related, and are aimed at increasing the total market size, providing vendors with additional market exposure, and providing users with timely technical information. For information about VITA membership, or to find out how to obtain VITA specifications, visit the VITA website at www. vita. com, or call VITA headquarters at (480) 837-7486.
About Aitech
Established in 1983, Aitech offers military and space-qualified, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products for rugged defense, aerospace and space applications, radiation tolerant and MIL-SPEC solutions; providing VMEbus and CompactPCI boards, power subsystems, mass memory, enclosures and hardware subsystem integration along with configuration and component obsolescence management services. In addition, Aitech utilizes its broad base of off-the-shelf products and technologies to develop customer-specific solutions, deliver superior cost-performance and reliability, and expedite time to market. Applications for its products range from mission processors, fire control and mission control subsystems for ground vehicles, surface and subsurface naval platforms, tactical and strategic fixed - and rotary-wing aircraft, and low - to high-earth orbit space vehicles.
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