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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. No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    and maybe now we can get rid of some of these Hippies....

  2. MODS by TapeCutter · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Flamebait??? Get a grip, the post and the title are seriously funny.

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    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
  3. very cool by suezz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    now we can take out microsoft.

  4. Re:Arms by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Nice troll parent.


    But seriously, it works the other way. As someone who from time to time works in this field, simulation is an area where technology transfer goes to the militaries; it does not come from them. Those realistic weapon models you find in games are often much better than the high-priced custom-built simulator built with the blood and cocaine of defense contractor engineers and executives. Suddenly, the militaries notice that there are much cheaper and higher fidelity weapon models - snd simulated battlespaces as a whole - than what they have been shelling out the big bucks for.


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