SYSGO and Kontron expand Partnership with PikeOS Support for Kontron VX3060

Klein-Winternheim, Germany, and Toulon, France – September 8, 2026 – SYSGO, Europe's leading provider of real-time operating systems and hypervisors for safety- and security-critical embedded applications, and Kontron, a leading global provider of IoT/Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), today announced the availability of a validated Board Support Package (BSP) for the Kontron VX3060 rugged VPX plug-in card based on 11th Generation Intel® Core™ processors.

The new BSP extends the long-standing collaboration between the two companies, providing a trusted European hardware and software foundation for safety, security and mission-critical embedded applications.

Designed for demanding markets including defense, transportation and industrial automation, the combined solution helps system developers accelerate platform integration while benefiting from PikeOS' virtualization and separation capabilities on Kontron's proven VPX platform.

Ready-to-Deploy Platform for Critical Embedded Systems

Developers can immediately deploy PikeOS on the Kontron VX3060 or on Kontron systems such as HARAKAN-F2 embedding the VX3060, using a fully supported BSP, significantly reducing platform integration effort and accelerating the development of secure, mixed-criticality embedded systems.

The BSP supports the board’s key functionalities including Ethernet, UART, thermal sensors, voltage monitoring sensors, and mass storage interfaces. Additional platform security capabilities such as Trusted Platform Module (TPM) integration and Secure Boot are available on customer request to meet cyber resilience challenges and platform integrity requirements.

The availability of the BSP accelerates time-to-market, shortens software bring-up phases and provides developers with a robust starting point for building certified and security-critical systems.

Supporting Mixed-Criticality and Secure Virtualization

The Kontron VX3060 and the HARAKAN-F systems based on it are designed for deployment in harsh operating environments requiring ruggedized computing platforms. With PikeOS support, customers can immediately leverage the advanced partitioning and virtualization capabilities of PikeOS on the platform.

PikeOS can operate as a secure hypervisor as well as a combined hypervisor and real-time operating system – all in one product. This flexibility allows developers to consolidate multiple applications with different criticality levels onto a single hardware platform while maintaining strict separation between workloads. Critical real-time functions can operate alongside Linux, middleware, or application environments, enabling efficient mixed-criticality architectures that reduce system complexity, size, weight, power consumption, and lifecycle costs.

Strengthening a European Technology Ecosystem

As demand for trusted European technologies continues to grow across critical industries, the collaboration between SYSGO and Kontron provides customers with an integrated technology stack, combining proven embedded hardware, real-time virtualization and advanced cybersecurity capabilities.

"Our customers increasingly expect embedded computing platforms to be supported by mature software ecosystems," said Sébastien Vitre, Product Manager at Kontron. "By extending PikeOS support to the VX3060, we provide developers with a validated hardware and software platform that reduces integration effort and enables faster deployment of secure and mixed-criticality applications."

"The availability of PikeOS on the Kontron VX3060 demonstrates the continued success of our cooperation with Kontron," said Carsten Beck, Partner Management at SYSGO. "Together, we provide customers with a European technology stack that combines rugged hardware, advanced virtualization, real-time capabilities, and security features needed for next-generation embedded systems."

The BSP is available immediately and covers the core hardware interfaces required for system bring-up and application development, with additional security features available on customer request.

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Kontron AG (www.kontron.com, ISIN AT0000A0E9W5, WKN A0X9EJ, KTN) is a leading IoT technology company. For more than 20 years, Kontron has been supporting companies from a wide range of industries to achieve their business goals with intelligent solutions. From automated industrial operations, smarter and safer transport to advanced communications, connectivity, medical, and energy solutions, the company delivers technologies that add value for its customers. Kontron is listed on the SDAX^® and TecDAX^® of the German Stock Exchange and employs around 6,500 employees in over 20 countries worldwide.

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About SYSGO

SYSGO is Europe’s leading provider of embedded operating systems for Safety- and Security-critical systems. Since 1991, the company has enabled dependable devices that meet the highest standards for functional Safety, Cybersecurity, and long-term reliability throughout the product lifecycle.
The product portfolio includes PikeOS, a real-time OS and separation-kernel hypervisor for mixed-critical and certifiable applications, and ELinOS, an industrial-grade Embedded Linux for secure, real-time systems. Together with professional tools and engineering services, SYSGO supports efficient development, certification, and maintenance of complex embedded systems.
Built-in Safety and Security enable certification up to DAL A, SIL 4, ASIL D and compliance with strict Security standards to protect critical infrastructure and connected devices. PikeOS 5.1.3 meets the Common Criteria EAL 5+ for ARMv8, x86_64 and PPC.
Customers in Aerospace, Automotive, Rail, Industrial, Medical, and Energy rely on SYSGO for deterministic performance, strong isolation, and reliable long-term support. SYSGO is ISO 9001:2015 and IEC/ISO 27001:2017 certified and part of the Thales Group, combining European sovereignty with global reach.
More information at www.sysgo.com

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