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Lockheed Martin Selects Linux for Missile Defense

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the defying-all-rules-of-government-spending dept.

m3lt writes "Business Wire is reporting that Concurrent announced today that Lockheed Martin Space Systems has selected RedHawk(TM) Linux as the operating system for their United States Army Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) program." From the article: "Lockheed Martin selected RedHawk for the THAAD program due to the precision and guaranteed response time of Concurrent's RedHawk Linux real-time operating system. Only RedHawk Linux was able to ensure the high frame rates required in their HIL simulation without frame overruns, thereby ensuring the highest quality of system test."

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  1. Free (not as in free beer) War by lisboa · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I don't like the idea of seeing free software (thus free knowledge) being used in war. Anyone with me?

  2. Feel any good for building weapons? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So we can conclude that the open source effort that has contributed so much to Linux, is the same effort that has built weapons of mass destruction.

    All the people who contributed to the Linux project can now assume that they have taken part in building weapons that kill real people. Do you feel any good about this? I would if I was a contributor.

  3. leave the destruction alone! it didn't do anything by orbit86 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ahhh stop making fun of destruction!!!!..It's sweet..Boom Boom!! more BOOM!!!!!..I wish I had a RPG launcher everytime the meter maid comes to give you a ticket. ".mofo..What Now Biotch?"

  4. Eat your own Dogfood Concurrent ! by axonis · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Have a look at this concurrent website link to the RedHawk linux product

    http://www.ccur.com/isd_solutions_redhawklinux.asp ?o9=1

    Its an active server page, thats a Microsoft IIS webserver !

    Netcraft says IIS 5.0

    How can they really justify selling linux when they wont even use it themselves ?

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  5. Re:Arms by Gruneun · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Fat people need prosthetics, too.