Power Your Mission
Coda Octopus Engineering (formerly Colmek) is a Murray, Utah-based defense electronics engineering firm with over 40 years of experience designing, manufacturing, and sustaining rugged embedded computers and mission-critical electronics for military and defense prime contractors. It provides full lifecycle support - from concept and design through production and sustainment - for naval, airborne, ground, and sub-sea platforms. Best known for its Thermite line of rugged embedded computers and deep domain expertise in naval systems including the MK-15 CIWS (Phalanx/SeaRAM) and AQS-24 Mine Hunting system, it operates an AS9100:D-certified facility in Salt Lake City and is a part of Coda Octopus Group.
AS9100:D Certified Quality Management System · ITAR Registration · NIST 800-171 Compliant
Comprehensive lifecycle assistance for critical military hardware, managing system redesigns, physical modifications, and technology upgrades to extend operational longevity.
Custom electrical engineering solutions for rugged military environments, including circuit card layout, telemetry systems, and digital signal processing applications.
Custom operating system integration and native application programming designed for critical hardware architectures.
End-to-end alignment of technical requirements, architectural planning, and verification procedures to ensure mission compliance.
High-reliability manufacturing certified to military and aerospace standards, transforming initial concepts into deployment-ready hardware.
Rigorous thermal, environmental, and structural screening protocols that validate hardware functionality under extreme operational conditions.
Compact and configurable hardware solutions optimized to deliver high computational performance in space-constrained, harsh environments.
Defense
Defense · Client: US Navy
Custom DSP-based telemetry system with a 400 Mb/sec OFDM link over the tow cable, including RF circuitry, custom topside and sonar vehicle cards, and FPGA/Linux support for Ethernet bridging.
Defense · Client: US Navy
Ongoing upgrade and sustainment of the Phalanx close-in weapon system, including redesign and production of VME chassis, backplanes, embedded computers, and supporting electronics to resolve obsolescence.
Defense · Client: US Navy
Engineering support for the Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR), a US Naval system monitoring activity in a 64-degree wedge-shaped area at ranges between 500 and 1,600 nautical miles.