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Miniature Linux PC targets military apps
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| Mercury Computer Systems announced a Linux-based engineering development kit
| (EDK) for a 7-10 pound computer that targets small ground, naval, and air
| vehicles. The "ruggedized" PowerBlock 50 (pictured at left) supports multiple
| processors to provide "well over 100 GFLOPS of processing power," according
| to Mercury.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3096391731.html
Even the US military gradually moves to GNU/Linux at the moment.
Recent:
Navy to focus only on open systems
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| "The days of proprietary technology must come to an end," [Vice Admiral Mark
| Edwards, deputy chief of naval operations for communications] said. "We will
| no longer accept systems that couple hardware, software and data."
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http://www.fcw.com/online/news/151858-1.html
Related:
Lockheed Martin Purchased Over $1 Million of Concurrent's RedHawk Real-Time
Linux for U.S. Navy Next Generation Aegis Weapon System
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| Concurrent's NightStar for RedHawk Linux is a powerful, integrated tool set
| for developing time-critical applications. NightStar tools run with minimal
| intrusion,
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http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070926005090&newsLang=en
Concurrent to Supply Real-Time Linux Solution to the U.S. Navy for Missile
Simulator Development
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| The simulator will be used to determine the effectiveness of Navy and Marine
| Corps aircraft countermeasure systems that protect the aircraft from hostile
| missiles.
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http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/9914.html
Navy CIO 'recognizes the importance of OSS to the warfighter'
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| John Weathersby, executive director of the Open Source Software
| Institute, told Linux.com today that, effective immediately, the
| Department of the Navy has adopted a new policy which requires that
| open source software must be considered in every software
| acquisition the Navy makes.
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/0135204
Raytheon Sails Into Battle With Linux
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| Among its major capabilities, TSCEI 4.0 supports IBM blade server
| processors running the Red Hat Linux operating system. It is the first of
| four planned increments supporting DDG 1000 Release 4 software.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/Linux/Raytheon_Sails_Into_Battle_With_Linux
Linux helps Navy keep high-tech weapon system updated
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| General-purpose computing systems (in other words: personal computers
| and workstations) could be useful within a variety of control systems
| as human machine interface (HMI) platforms, network interface systems
| and even host computers, but many engineers hesitate to incorporate
| them because of the many stability and security issues surrounding the
| dominant PC operating system, Microsoft Windows XP. Linux provides an
| open-source alternative that avoids these Microsoft-related issues. As
| more engineers become acquainted with Linux, and Linux vendors make
| their implementations easier to use, PCs running Linux OS have begun
| to appear in many mission-critical applications.
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| For example, Real-Time Innovations (RTI) and Concurrent Computer Corp.
| have partnered to provide RTI's standards-based real-time data
| distribution middleware with Concurrent's RedHawk Linux in support of
| the U.S. Navy's Aegis Open Architecture program.
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| Concurrent's RedHawk Linux provides fast response to external events,
| optimized interprocess communication, and high I/O throughput needed for
| time-critical applications. The operating system has gained acceptance as
| a leading real-time Linux platform for high-performance applications,
| guaranteeing response on a dedicated processor to an external event in
| less than 30 microseconds.
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http://www.manufacturing.net/ctl/article/CA6368771.html
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