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News Release from: LynuxWorks
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 03 March 2004
Pair push for US Navy open systems
LynuxWorks and RTI are working together to deliver RTI's NDDS open standards middleware to LynuxWorks' LynxOS embedded real-time operating system.
LynuxWorks and RTI are working together to deliver RTI's NDDS open standards middleware to LynuxWorks' LynxOS embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) Together, LynuxWorks and RTI's standards-based solution will support the US Navy Open Architecture Computing Environment (OACE) which is aimed at improving war-fighting capability by implementing international standards and creating common applications and services in military platforms
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 18 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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For more than 15 years, LynuxWorks has supported numerous military and government customers in developing their mission-critical defence systems.
LynuxWorks is currently working with the US Navy OACE to help them achieve cost-savings and standardisation in a variety of devices and vehicles to ensure security and reliability.
The OACE stipulates that all future software development will be tested to OACE standards.
Furthermore, the US Navy will not accept software that does not conform to these standards.
By ensuring that all future software development upholds to open standards, future upgrades to software and hardware can be made seamlessly, vastly improving interoperability and significantly reducing costs.
"LynxOS combined with NDDS provides a powerful formula for Navy OACE customers looking for a reliable standards-based solution for both their inter-processor communication and operating system needs", said Bob Morris, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for LynuxWorks.
"LynuxWorks has a rich heritage in providing open standards interfaces, having supported a full Posix process model since we were formed in 1988.
Our flagship product, LynxOS, has been certified IEEE Posix.1 conformant and Navy OACE Category 3 compliant and has been deployed in literally hundreds of military applications.
Navy contractors looking for a stable Navy OACE conformant RTOS can confidently choose LynuxWorks".
"Middleware is a core enabler of the Navy OACE", said Brett Murphy, Vice President of Distributed Systems at RTI.
"The Navy OACE specifically lists RTI's NDDS middleware for publish-subscribe communications.
NSWC Dahlgren's use of NDDS in the HiPer-D testbed, Raytheon's deployment of NDDS on the LPD ships, our many other Navy programme wins, and RTI's leadership of the DDS standard all factored into NDDS's listing in the OACE.
Applications that wish to be Navy OACE Category 3 compliant can use NDDS".
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