Open for the Future
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| Besides the issue of cost, the increasing scope and complexity of military
| software requirements encourages the use of open source. "If the project is
| of a sufficient scale, you cannot get there without an open source approach,"
| said Dewey Houck, a senior engineer at Boeing, the lead systems integrator
| for the Army's FCS.
|
| Linux is being deployed as the operating system for the Future Combat Systems
| (FCS), Houck noted. Other open technologies are being incorporated in FCS's
| System of Systems Common Operating Environment.
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http://www.military-information-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=2326
Recent:
The Complex Crux Of Wireless Warfare
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| Boeing and the Army said they chose not to use Microsoft's proprietary
| software because they didn't want to be beholden to the company. Instead,
| they chose to develop a Linux-based operating system based on publicly
| available code.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/23/AR2008012303695.html
Boeing 777 - The Linux Penguin Lives
,----[ Quote ]
| Interesting how much Linux has made in roads into our lives. It
| seems that some of the aairlines who use the Boeing 777 are using
| Linux as their entertainment center.
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http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/2007/05/18/boeing-777-the-linux-penguin-lives/
http://tinyurl.com/2hwrgu
Real-time Linux helps design military cargo plane
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| Airbus reportedly tapped real-time Linux in designing its A400M
| military transport plane, set to ship this year. Concurrent said
| it supplied the German airplane manufacturer with real-time
| Linux-based systems used for hardware-in-loop (HIL) simulation
| test stands used to perfect the A400M's "high-lift control computers."
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2280514361.html
Linux headed into Boeing anti-sub aircraft
,----[ Quote ]
| Boeing has awarded Wind River Systems a contract to embed its version
| of Linux into a new military aircraft, the company plans to announce
| Monday along with a new batch of products built around the
| open-source operating system.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6100043.html?part=rss&tag=6100043&subj=news
Over 30s VAX, Linux breeds Boeing's new jets
,----[ Quote ]
| Hawker de Havilland, the local arm of aircraft engineering giant Boeing,
| will retire its 30-year-old VAX system in favour of its new Linux-based
| environment in the manufacture of parts for the company's next-generation
| 787 jets.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1834585068;fp;2;fpid;1
TCS makes Linux DISA compliant
,----[ Quote ]
| Trusted Computer Solutions has upgraded its Security Blanket security
| compliance software so that it can make Red Hat Enterprise Linux compliant
| with the settings defined in the Defense Information Systems Agency’s
| Security Technical Implementation Guide for that operating system.
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http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/45781-1.html
Linux Will Be An Army of One!
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| The United States Army revealed that their goal is to move entirely from
| Windows to Linux. While this will take considerable time, the Army is looking
| at ways of getting the two operating systems to work together. To accomplish
| this task, it's turning to Red Hat Enterprise 5.
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http://linuxhow2.com/News/Linux_Will_Be_An_Army_of_One.html
Conference Highlights Open Technology Adoption within Defense and
Intelligence Systems
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| "When we rolled into Baghdad, we did it using open source," General
| Justice continued. "It may come as a surprise to many of you, but the
| U.S. Army is "the" single largest install base for Red Hat Linux.
| I'm their largest customer."
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http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/index.php?duty=Show&id=17056&trv=1
Army Seeks to Catalyze Open Source Intelligence
,----[ Quote ]
| A new U.S. Army Field Manual is intended to advance the development
| and use of open source intelligence (OSINT), which is intelligence
| that is derived from publicly available data legally obtained.
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http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2007/01/army_seeks_to_catalyze_open_so.html
A Network Appliance Platform for Linux Applications at the US Department of
Defense
,----[ Quote ]
| U.S. military requirements for network devices are growing more and
| more demanding, making a flexible Linux-based platform the foundation
| of choice.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/012207-dod-linux.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
High-integrity software is key topic at 2007 Military Technologies Conference
,----[ Quote ]
| Following Tokar will be Redge Bartholomew, engineering manager at Rockwell
| Collins on "Static Analysis as an Example Approach to High Integrity Open
| Source Software."
|
| [...]
|
| "Why High Integrity Software Requires Open Source Tools," is the
| presentation of the module's last speaker, Robert Dewar, president and
| chief executive officer of AdaCore.
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http://mae.pennnet.com/display_article/285223/32/NEWS/none/none/High-integrity-software-is-key-topic-at-2007-Military-Technologies-Conference/
Department of Defense Releases Open Technology Development Roadmap
,----[ Quote ]
| According to OSSI, "OTD methodology will enable DoD organizations
| and contractors to rapidly adapt and extend existing software capabilities
| in response to shifting threats and requirements without, being locked in
| to a specific vendor or held hostage to proprietary technologies."
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http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/07/233257&from=rss
US Army struggles with Windows to Linux overhaul
,----[ Quote ]
| In multiple media reports over the past two weeks, the US Army has professed
| its love for the penguin. The Army eventually intends to move from a
| Windows-based infrastructure over to Linux for its new, roughly $200bn
| weapons program.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/05/us_army_linux_integration/
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