Product category:
Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Green Hills Software
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 July 2004
RTOS to empower unmanned military
aircraft
The Boeing Company has selected Green Hills Software's real-time operating system and software development tools for development and deployment of the X-45C Joint Unmanned Combat Air System.
The Boeing Company has selected Green Hills Software's real-time operating system (RTOS) and software development tools for development and deployment of the X-45C Joint Unmanned Combat Air System (J-UCAS) The X-45C's vehicle management system (VMS), currently under development by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, will use Green Hills' Integrity-178B real-time embedded operating system
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The J-UCAS X-45 programme is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/US Air Force/US Navy/Boeing effort to demonstrate the technical feasibility, military utility and operational value of a networked system of unmanned air vehicles for both the Air Force and the Navy.
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The aircraft autonomously performs all attack manoeuvres, bay door operations and weapon-away release sequences under human operator supervision. Request free introductory details about products from Green Hills Software ...
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