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Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Wind River Systems | Subject: Wind River VxWorks
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 30 April 2008
Software helps replace submarine
periscopes
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The optronic mast will use the Wind River VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS) running on Thales quad PowerPC AltiVec COTS boards and AdaCore GNAT Pro to power the stabilisation system.
The Royal Navy's new Astute-class submarines will be using Thales UK's nonhull penetrating, optronic mast The state of the art electro-optic system will allow greater flexibility in boat design and provide improved surface visibility without giving away the position of the submarine
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 15 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)