CES, founded in 1981 in Geneva, Switzerland, is a designer and manufacturer of complex high-performance electronic boards, subsystems and complete systems for the Embedded Computing market, including Industrial, Automotive, Physics, Commercial Aerospace, Defense, Telecommunications, Medical, as well as other domains requiring advanced technology. CES has developed a unique portfolio of agile, reliable and innovative technologies and has proven to be a trusted partner of choice for safe technical solutions in the most advanced aerospace and defense programs throughout Europe and the US.

The key activities at CES consist of design, development, integration, environmental testing, certification and production of computer boards and systems. Additionally CES provides other key added value services, including consulting, custom development, customer installation, training, technology transfer, hot-line, repair, maintenance and a private web data repository.

The company has developed very sophisticated know-how and expertise in order to integrate hardware and software building blocks into market-specific solutions, such as airborne video systems, radar subsystems, etc. The software solutions developed at CES accompany all of the hardware products, from COTS elements to complete systems. This includes extended Board Support Packages, middleware, as well as tools. The company has also acquired the expertise to develop safety critical software according to airworthiness regulations.

CES is equipped with the most modern testing facilities and has access to special external test laboratories for a complete panel of environmental testing. Some of these capabilities include climate chambers, vibration testing, shock testing, lightning testing, emission testing, EMI / EMC testing and coating analysis. CES has also developed a thorough knowledge of DO-160D and ABD100 standards.

Today CES counts over 100 employees with diverse cultural, educational and professional backgrounds. The company is headquarted in Geneva, Switzerland and has sales branches in England, Germany and the USA.

Product Overview

Board Products

• VPX Single Board Computers
• VXS Single Board Computers
• VME Single Board Computers
• CPCI Single Board Computers
• PMC Processors
• FPGA Processing
• Carrier Boards
• Avionic Interfaces
• Network Interfaces
• Graphic & Video Interfaces
• Enclosures
• Board Support Packages & Drivers
• Data Communication & Middleware

System Products 

• Ground Test Systems
• Ground Station Subsystems
• Radar Subsystems
• Flight Test Computers
• Mission Computers
• DAL A Certified Computers