Land Warrior Army Suits Simplified, Linux-ized

Dosco Jones writes 'The Army is drastically simplifying the makeup of its high-tech soldier ensemble, the Land Warrior, in an effort to make the system less prone to failures and easier to use,' National Defense reports. Defense Tech continues: 'After the last version of Land Warrior failed reliability tests earlier this year, the Army switched gears and decided to make the system less complex and modify the hardware to make it compatible with the new [and controversial] Stryker infantry vehicle. Changes include a more simplified data bus and a Linux-based operating system, as opposed to Windows. 'Evidence shows that Linux is more stable. We are moving in general to where the Army is going, to Linux-based OS', says the program's manager, Lt. Col. Dave Gallop."

Comments

Windows?

[AvengerXP]

"Il faut rendre a Cesar ce qui appartient a Cesar"

Linux is not popular, Windows is on 90% of machines. Windows is "unstable", Linux is pretty solid. I'm an avid Windows fan but i feel better knowing military grade uses Linux on the field. Who needs DirectX in combat anyway? Quake isn't considered combat tututut hehe

Pictures of "Stryker Infantry Vehicle"

[elliotj]

There are a bunch of pics of this new vehicle available:

Here
Here, and
Here.

Personally, I think it's got nothin' on the V.A.M.P.!