- Dec 30, 2012
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An interesting read!!
http://linuxgizmos.com/u-s-military-uav-control-systems-switch-to-linux/
A brief history of Linux in the military
Since the early days of embedded Linux, the U.S. military has been gradually converting selected computer equipment from real-time operating systems (RTOSes), as well as Unix and Windows platforms to Linux. RTOSes, with their greater real-time capabilities, still lead the way in embedded systems, especially in combat, but Linux is increasingly finding a role, especially in systems where advanced user interfaces and wireless communications are important.
Back in 2001, the U.S. Navy and GET Engineering announced that the latter’s commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Navy Tactical Data Systems (NTDS) would switch to Hard Hat Linux, the forerunner of MontaVista Linux, and one of the first embedded Linux distributions. As cost controls were tightened later in the decade, the U.S. Department of Defense increasingly turned to Linux as a way to cut costs by providing common open platforms based on COTS systems.
In 2006, Concurrent Computer Corp. and Real-Time Innovations Inc. (RTI) announced that their Real-time Linux and middleware would support the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Open Architecture program for modernizing the Navy’s Aegis-equipped cruisers and destroyers. Numerous Linux-based embedded workstations have made their way to the military, including Intergraph’s circa-2009 TD-R 7X11R-S. Smaller, and more rugged tactical systems have also run Linux, including Mercury’s PowerBlock 50.
Rugged handhelds, first running Linux and later Android have also found their way into military field duty, including TAG’s Linux-friendlyTC-100 (pictured). In 2011, Black Diamond Advanced Technology announced a wearable Linux-ready computer system called theModular Tactical System designed to integrate into a warfighter’s uniform and equipment.
Linux was also employed in some of the U.S. Army’s early autonomous vehicles such as John Deere’s circa-2006 R-Gator(pictured), which incorporated an iRobot control, navigation, and obstacle avoidance system running LynuxWorks’s BlueCat Linux. Thanks in part to the major role Linux played in DARPA autonomous car challenges, many of today’s emerging commercial autonomous cars also run Linux.
http://linuxgizmos.com/u-s-military-uav-control-systems-switch-to-linux/
A brief history of Linux in the military
Since the early days of embedded Linux, the U.S. military has been gradually converting selected computer equipment from real-time operating systems (RTOSes), as well as Unix and Windows platforms to Linux. RTOSes, with their greater real-time capabilities, still lead the way in embedded systems, especially in combat, but Linux is increasingly finding a role, especially in systems where advanced user interfaces and wireless communications are important.
Back in 2001, the U.S. Navy and GET Engineering announced that the latter’s commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Navy Tactical Data Systems (NTDS) would switch to Hard Hat Linux, the forerunner of MontaVista Linux, and one of the first embedded Linux distributions. As cost controls were tightened later in the decade, the U.S. Department of Defense increasingly turned to Linux as a way to cut costs by providing common open platforms based on COTS systems.
In 2006, Concurrent Computer Corp. and Real-Time Innovations Inc. (RTI) announced that their Real-time Linux and middleware would support the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Open Architecture program for modernizing the Navy’s Aegis-equipped cruisers and destroyers. Numerous Linux-based embedded workstations have made their way to the military, including Intergraph’s circa-2009 TD-R 7X11R-S. Smaller, and more rugged tactical systems have also run Linux, including Mercury’s PowerBlock 50.
Rugged handhelds, first running Linux and later Android have also found their way into military field duty, including TAG’s Linux-friendlyTC-100 (pictured). In 2011, Black Diamond Advanced Technology announced a wearable Linux-ready computer system called theModular Tactical System designed to integrate into a warfighter’s uniform and equipment.
Linux was also employed in some of the U.S. Army’s early autonomous vehicles such as John Deere’s circa-2006 R-Gator(pictured), which incorporated an iRobot control, navigation, and obstacle avoidance system running LynuxWorks’s BlueCat Linux. Thanks in part to the major role Linux played in DARPA autonomous car challenges, many of today’s emerging commercial autonomous cars also run Linux.
