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Product category: Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Green Hills Software
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 4 December 2001

Green Hills wins
largest ever military contract

Lockheed Martin is to use Green Hills Software's Integrity real-time operating system and AdaMulti 2000 development tools to develop software for its Joint Strike Fighter aircraft

Lockheed Martin is to use Green Hills Software's Integrity real-time operating system (RTOS) and AdaMulti 2000 development tools to develop software for its Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft. The US Department of Defense (DoD) selected Lockheed Martin's design for the JSF in a $200 billion award, the largest in US DoD history.

Avionics software developed by Lockheed Martin will run on airborne PowerPC processors operating under the Integrity RTOS.

John Carbone, vice president of marketing at Green Hills, states: "Lockheed Martin's selection demonstrates Integrity's ability to meet the demanding security and safety-critical software requirements of the Joint Strike Fighter.

The Integrity RTOS, together with Green Hills' AdaMulti IDE, and ada 95/C/C++ compilers, provides a complete single-vendor RTOS and development solution for developing real-time mission and safety-critical software systems capable of meeting the security and safety standards of ISO/IEC 15408 (Common Criteria) and RTCA DO-178B.

No other RTOS provides a more secure, memory-protected run-time system capable of meeting the security and safety requirements of today's advanced avionics and flight control systems".

John Ledyard, software manager at Lockheed Martin adds, "Integrity is an outstanding product that we are very excited about.

Green Hills involved us early in product definition and as a result Integrity meets our needs.

An embedded RTOS with virtual memory support and the capability to meet security standards was a key enabler in the design of our mission critical software.

In the past, we would have to develop a custom RTOS and modify development tools at a significant cost.

With Integrity, and its tight integration with the excellent AdaMulti software development tools, we are able to focus our efforts on our strengths, which are in application software development and integration.

This will result in reduced cost and risk for us and our customers".

The Integrity RTOS is optimised for safety-critical embedded applications that place a premium on maximum reliability, security, and testability.

It features advanced memory protection capabilities, an optional ARINC-653 partition scheduler, dynamic download, task- and system-level debug, a configurable real-time EventAnalyzer, POSIX support, and TCP/IP networking.

It is also the first memory-protected real-time operating system to be offered on a royalty-free basis.

Integrity is tightly integrated with Green Hills' AdaMulti IDE.

Together with Green Hills' family of optimising Ada 95, C, and C++ compilers, AdaMulti automates all aspects of embedded software development, including editing, source-level debugging, program building, run-time error checking, version control and code/performance optimisation.

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