Discover how our fully integrated fiber optic transceiver and VITA 87 connector solution enables high-speed, high-reliability data links for mission-critical defense and aerospace applications. This webinar shows how an end-to-end optical architecture improves performance, reduces SWaP, and simplifies integration into SOSA/VPX/CMOSS platforms.
Overview
Modern defense and aerospace platforms demand higher data rates, improved signal integrity, and robust performance in harsh environments. This webinar introduces our complete fiber-optic interconnect solution — combining high-performance optical transceivers with rugged VITA 87 optical connectors — to enable reliable, high-bandwidth communications across mission-critical systems. Attendees will learn how our integrated optical architecture addresses key challenges in sensor fusion, high-speed payload processing, and open-standards system design. We will highlight how this solution delivers exceptional SWaP efficiency, EMI immunity, and long-distance signal integrity while aligning with SOSA, VPX, and CMOSS hardware requirements.
The session provides an in-depth look at the technology behind our transceivers and VITA 87 connectors, their performance advantages, and their seamless integration into modern defense platforms such as missile systems, avionics modules, electronic warfare equipment, and next-generation vetronics. By combining proven optical expertise with ruggedized connector engineering, our offering provides developers with a complete, interoperable fiber-optic link designed to accelerate system performance and simplify integration. This webinar equips engineering teams, system architects, and program leaders with the insight needed to deploy high-speed optical connectivity with confidence — delivering future-ready performance for the most demanding applications.
Key Takeaways
- Consider market and application drivers, including high-speed data demands, SWaP challenges, and trends in defense, airborne, and rugged embedded systems.
- Understand how our transceivers and VITA 87 optical connectors integrate to deliver a full end-to-end optical link.
- A deep dive into transceiver technology will highlight bandwidth, latency, environmental performance, ruggedization, and reliability features.
- Explore design principles, modularity, alignment technology and performance specs of VITA 87 optical connector architecture.
- Discover system-level benefits such as improved signal integrity, EMI immunity, density advantages and easy integration into SOSA/VPX/CMOSS platforms.
Speakers
Over 4 years ago, Kyle Gobble started as a Mechanical Design Engineer at Smiths Interconnect developing our LightCONEX active-optical backplane connectors and is currently editor of the newly published VITA 66.5 Optical Interconnects on VPX standard. His involvement in VITA standards, VPX and other open architecture standards are key to providing innovative solutions for next generation systems. Gobble graduated from the University of North Florida with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Jon Lundberg has over 30 years' experience spanning aerospace engineering, semiconductor sales, and marketing of fiber optic test and sensing equipment. He has been at Smiths Interconnect for over 4 years as the product line manager for the optical transceiver product families in the defense and commercial avionics markets. Lundberg has a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from M.I.T. and a master's in mechanical engineering from Drexel University.