Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 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
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> Related:
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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.
> |
> | 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
A BIG microsoft WOW moment... They bought a serious solution, not a
microsoft problem!!!! WOW!!! Screw MSFT... The Navy KNOWS what is GOOD TO
BUY...
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Jerry McBride
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