Ruggedization of Electronics for Deployed Military Environments

Some environmental constraints for deployed military computing systems are operational temperature, humidity, sand, dust, vibration, shock/basic, leakage (immersion), steam and water jet cleaning, rapid decompression, contamination by fluids (e.g. oil, fuel, cleaning), nuclear hardness, and input voltage. In addition, the type of platform or vehicle on which the electronics are to be placed will have its own typical operating environments and related ruggedization requirements. For example, tracked combat vehicles, such as tanks, will have quite different requirements compared to wheeled tactical vehicles, so immersion, while not typically a requirement for tactical vehicles, but will be a requirement for tactical combat vehicles because they will need to be able to ford through water.