The “Maritime” (model VS275) VMEbus central processing unit (CPU) from General Micro Systems (GMS), features flexibility by way of five different expansion modules. The Core 2 Duo-based compute engine enabled the US Navy to use the VS275 as the common platform in three different programs: the DDG-1000, the Aegis, and the DDG-M/MCS programs. The VS275, with or without the WSIO PMC/XMC workstation module or WSIO SAM Video workstation, supported all three programs, providing the Navy with potential savings through common training and support as well as seamless upgrades through 2018.

Ben Sharfi, President of GMS, noted that “the use of a common GMS platform not only was a great benefit to the Navy, but the concept offers our company revenue potential in excess of $200 million through the life of these programs.”

The “Maritime” can be configured with a 2.5-in. SATA 500-GB hard disk drive or 256-GB solid-state drive with Secure Erase function that is triggered via software or recessed front panel. It include two Gigabit Ethernet ports with TCP/IP offloading engine and dedicated interrupt, 10 USB 2.0 ports, four serial ports with RS-232/422/485 options, two PATA ports, 16 individually programmable buffered user input/output (I/O) lines, and custom I/O functions such as FireWire or octal SIO via a SAM-III(TM) module. The “Maritime” supports VME-64 and is a variety of operating systems.