{"id":1577,"date":"2026-04-24T12:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/sidus-space-advances-fortis-cdh-platform-for-next-generation-missions\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:12:32","slug":"sidus-space-advances-fortis-cdh-platform-for-next-generation-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/sidus-space-advances-fortis-cdh-platform-for-next-generation-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidus Space Advances Fortis C&DH Platform for Next-Generation Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sidus Space<\/strong>, an innovative space and defense technology company, announced continued advancements to its Fortis Command and Data Handling (C&DH) platform, a modular 3U OpenVPX system designed to support rapid development, configuration flexibility, and long-term scalability across next-generation space and defense missions.<\/p>\n

Supported by a strategic collaboration with Microchip Technology, a broadline supplier of semiconductors, Fortis leverages Microchip’s space-grade, flight-proven technologies to accelerate system development by reducing integration complexity and enabling faster transitions from design to mission-ready architectures, with the flexibility to deploy commercial or radiation-hardened components based on mission assurance requirements.<\/p>\n

Fortis is a modular Command and Data Handling (C&DH) system built on a 3U OpenVPX architecture and aligned with Sensor Open System Architecture (SOSA) and Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) standards. Designed to support rapid development and long-term scalability, Fortis integrates radiation-tolerant processing, high-speed data interfaces, and modular payload configuration to enable resilient mission operations across space, airborne, maritime, and terrestrial domains. The platform incorporates flight-proven insights from three Sidus-designed and operated LizzieSat satellite missions, informing system performance, data throughput requirements, and multi-sensor integration.<\/p>\n

“Fortis reflects our strategy to deliver scalable platforms that evolve with customer needs,” said Carol Craig, Founder and CEO of Sidus Space.<\/strong> “This approach strengthens Sidus’ position across commercial and government space and defense markets.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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The core Microchip solutions that are integrated into Fortis include PolarFire FPGAs, space- and defence-grade processors, precision timing modules, and high-reliability networking components, delivering predictable performance, power efficiency, and a robust security posture.<\/p>\n

“By combining a broad space-qualified portfolio with scalable solutions, <\/em>Microchip<\/em> is helping make space commercialization and exploration more accessible,” said Leon Gross, corporate vice president of Microchip’s aerospace and defense business unit.<\/strong> “We congratulate <\/em>Sidus Space<\/em> on developing its advanced Fortis platform and are pleased they partnered with us to leverage our technologies for their innovative design.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The Fortis platform includes innovative Single-Board Computer (SBC) and Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) modules designed to deliver secure, high-throughput edge processing in contested and remote environments. These capabilities are core to the platform architecture and support long-term scalability under SOSA\/MOSA standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, announced continued advancements to its Fortis Command and Data Handling (C&DH) platform, a modular 3U OpenVPX system designed to support rapid development, configuration flexibility, and long-term scalability across next-generation space and defense missions. Supported by a strategic collaboration with Microchip Technology, a broadline supplier of semiconductors, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41,85,20],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-defense","tag-fpgas","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}