A Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) is a multitasking operating system intended for real-time applications. Such applications include embedded systems (programmable thermostats, household appliance controllers), industrial robots, spacecraft, industrial control (see SCADA), and scientific research equipment.
Featured Article
End-to-End UAV Messaging over Unreliable Data Links
In the complex software environments of both aircraft and ground station, many applications must communicate. Historically, developers built these as complex independent systems,Read More...
All Articles
The Inside Track
Wind River Chosen for Next-Gen Periscope on RN Astute-Class Subs The Royal Navy’s new Astute-class submarines will be using Thales UK’s non-hull penetrating, optronic mast. TheRead More...
COTS Products
Relay Module Boasts USB Optically Isolated Input A number of defense applications must contend with high common-mode external voltages. Isolation is required to guardRead More...
The Inside Track
NASA Taps Harris’ Software for Constellation Launch Control Program NASA Kennedy Space Center has selected Harris’ OS/COMET telemetry, tracking and command (TT&C) software for theRead More...
PC/104 and EPIC SBC Roundup
PCI-104 Celeron M Board Withstands HALT Considered more rigorous than many MIL-spec test standards, Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) is fast becoming the litmus test forRead More...
COTS Products
3U VPX SBC Sports Freescale MPC 8640D Processor There have been only a handful of SBC vendors so far that have rolled out VPX products. The ones that jumped on board haveRead More...
The Inside Track
Harris Awarded Contract for Aircraft Fibre Channel Net Switches Harris was awarded an $9.8 million follow-on contract to provide 209 Fibre Channel Network Switches for the U.S.Read More...
Data Acquisition Boards Roundup
USB Analog Input Modules Are Software Selectable USB has earned its way into the mindshare of military data acquisition system designers. ACCES I/O’s latest offering in the USBRead More...
Space Qualified ICs and Systems Leap New Hurdles
With the Space Shuttle program over and the commercial space industry taking the baton, the space electronics industry is certainly in a period of transition. Feeding those needs,Read More...
Divide and Conquer Approach Wins for MILS
In the face of modern threats, national defense requires more lethality and survivability in new environments. Defense planners must also meet purchase and operational cost targets.Read More...
The Inside Track
Raytheon Completes Design Review for CVN 78's Dual Band Radar Raytheon and the U.S. Navy recently completed a critical design review (CDR) for the Dual Band Radar (DBR), which will beRead More...
COTS Products
Pentium M SBC in PC/104-Plus Format The Pentium M has been designed into arguably a wider range of form-factors than any other processor. The PC/104-Plus form-factor is one ofRead More...
Growing Complexity Drives Need for Emerging DO-178C Standard
The size and complexity of avionics software is projected to grow geometrically. Boeing and Airbus measure the current rate of software growth as 400 percent every two years (FigureRead More...
DO-178B Provides Certification Safety Net
Safety-critical avionics software has been evolving for decades, providing increased functionality while becoming more complex. In response, regulatory authorities and commercialRead More...
The Inside Track
Curtiss-Wright Awarded Contract for Upgraded Radar Signal Processing Curtiss-Wright has been awarded a $10.5 million contract by Northrop Grumman to provide an upgraded Radar SignalRead More...
Debug Solution Supports ARM Cortex-A8 Processors
Debug Solution Supports ARM Cortex-A8 Processors Finding tricky hardware bugs in a military embedded system has always been an X-factor in terms of time and effort. Making thatRead More...
ARM Cortex-A5 Debuggers Supports Multiprocessing
ARM Cortex-A5 Debuggers Supports Multiprocessing The TRACE32 debuggers from Lauterbach now support the new ARM Cortex-A5 processor. The Cortex-A5 micro architecture is deliveredRead More...
Inside Track
Parvus Supplies Payload Interface Computers for MQ-5B Hunter UAV Parvus' DuraCOR 810 mission computers have been integrated into Northrop Grumman's MQ-5B Hunter Unmanned AircraftRead More...
What's the Computer Inside?
When I participate in any kind of press meeting or briefing, I’m the guy who always asks a question–or many questions. I ask questions to satisfy my naturally curious nature, but alsoRead More...
Deployable xTCA Platforms Fuel Net-Centric Application
Broad new military initiatives such as the U.S. Navy’s (CANES) Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Servers, Brigade Combat Team Modernization, (JTRS) Joint Tactical RadioRead More...
DDS Software Speeds Development of Real-Time Systems-of-Systems
Driven by initiatives like the Department of Defense’s Global Information Grid, more and more systems are being integrated that were not originally designed to interoperate. AdvancedRead More...
DSP Architectures Close the ISR Collection-Analysis Gap
Today’s climate of rapidly evolving asymmetric threats is forcing the U.S. military to quickly adapt in order to maintain tactical situational awareness. However, the traditionalRead More...
Modular Approach Eases Avionics Certification Challenges
The promise of greater efficiency by using Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) systems that reduce Space, Weight and Power (SWaP), is now coming to fruition. Very large, visible projectsRead More...
Addressing the Application Side of the MILS Architecture
Several real-time operating systems (RTOSs) on the market today support the Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) architecture. Many of these have been certified (or are planRead More...
The Inside Track
GD C4 Systems to Equip Stryker Brigade with New Land Warrior System General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a $70 million contract to equip the 5th Brigade, 2nd InfantryRead More...
The Inside Track
Wind River RTOS Flies on First Flight of X-47B UAS The U.S. Navy / Northrop Grumman X-47B unmanned aircraft successfully completed its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base inRead More...
