Operating system will enable avionics manufacturers to get product to market quickly and safely SAN JOSÉ, Calif., Jan. 12, 2009 —LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, today announced that AeroMechanical Services Ltd., (AMA on TSX-V) has selected LynuxWorks' LynxOS®-178 real-time operating system (RTOS) for the company's second-generation Automated Flight Information Reporting System (afirs™) program. In a joint collaboration with engineering design-services organization Au-Zone Technologies Inc., LynuxWorks' LynxOS-178 RTOS certified software provides full DO-178B/C certification for use with AMA's afirs program. The LynxOS-178 RTOS is the first and only COTS operating system to receive acceptance for reusability from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for DO-178B/C certification. afirs UpTime™ is an onboard satellite-based system that allows aircraft operators to manage and monitor aircraft operations anywhere, anytime, in real-time. The use of LynxOS-178 in the new generation of afirs hardware will allow AMA to meet the emerging requirements for satellite-based voice and data safety services. The afirs automatically reports critical flight data to ground-based airline operations in near real time, provides satellite-phone capabilities, and provides connectivity between the aircraft and the [...]

SAN JOSÉ, Calif., December 8, 2008—Kontron and LynuxWorks™ today released an Intel®-based COTS platform for safety-critical, deterministic real-time embedded applications, using the Kontron PENTXM2 single-board computer running the LynxOS-178 RTOS. "By porting the world's only RTOS certified as a Reusable Software Component (RSC) by the Federal Aviation Administration onto a server-class single-board computer, LynuxWorks and Kontron have created the perfect solution for the new wave of dedicated safety-critical applications built in the Intel environment," commented Richard Pugnier, marketing communications director at Kontron. "A growing number of such systems are seeking to exploit the immense base of development expertise and code available in the x86 domain. This solution allows avionics, vehicle electronics and other safety-critical applications to adopt this path whilst reducing development time, cost and risk." "Leveraging the development effort targeting a large European global positioning system program, our LynxOS-178 is now ready for deployments in harsh environmental conditions on the Kontron PENTXM2 rugged conduction-cooled SBC. With that, our customers benefit from an instant boost in their schedule and not only can go to market aggressively with an outstanding head start, but [...]

Technology supports EAL-7 evaluation, integrates multiple applications at different security levels on a single piece of silicon and consolidates hardware for security and separation SAN JOSÉ, Calif., November 18, 2008—Highlighting its continued leadership in aerospace and defense software, LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, today announced immediate availability of LynxSecure 2.0, a next-generation separation kernel and embedded hypervisor for high-assurance systems. LynxSecure provides a standards-based, secure, multi-domain computational platform that serves as a trusted foundation for applications with low-, medium- and high-assurance requirements that are all running concurrently on a single system. It allows legacy applications to run unmodified, enabling systems to be modernized with increased information sharing and security. LynxSecure was designed from the ground up to minimize lifecycle costs (initial and tech refresh) of high-assurance evaluation, certification and accreditation by using automated tools and the correct-by-construction methodology for formal methods and artifacts. Automation provides dramatic schedule, cost and risk advantages over traditional brute-force approaches to formal methods used by other embedded software developers. LynxSecure's use of automated formal methods allows technology insertions to occur seamlessly, which [...]

Arxan to provide application hardening technology and services to LynuxWorks' customers   MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE, San Diego, Calif., November 18, 2008—LynuxWorks™, Inc., (booth 1603) a world leader in the embedded software market, and Arxan Defense Systems Inc., a leading anti-tamper software provider, today announced a partnership that will provide system integrators with leading edge anti-tampering solutions for their specific program's security and anti-tamper requirements. Built to work on LynuxWorks' LynxOS® real-time operating system (RTOS), Arxan's EnforcIT® platform enables application hardening solutions, allowing developers to protect code against tampering, reverse engineering and other attacks. LynuxWorks provides safety critical and secure operating systems to the aerospace and defense community. "A number of our customers today are using LynuxWorks' operating systems with Arxan's technology," said Gurjot Singh, CEO, LynuxWorks. "Today's announced partnership formalizes the availability of Arxan technology across our entire RTOS product line. The addition of Arxan's best-of-breed application hardening solutions makes our secure software products more comprehensive and attractive to developers who are required to deliver secure and tamper-resistant code per Critical Program Information (CPI) anti-tamper mandates." Arxan's advanced anti-tamper platform comprises the [...]

LynxOS 5.0 and Luminosity 3.0 support the latest LynuxWorks network stack and SMP technology while maintaining POSIX-conformance requirements MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE, SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 17, 2008—Highlighting its continued leadership in aerospace and defense software, LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, today announced that Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Maritime Systems & Sensors has selected LynxOS® 5.0 real-time operating system (RTOS) and Luminosity 3.0 development toolkit for the radar design and development portion of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program. MEADS, under development by MEADS International for the United States, Germany and Italy, is designed to replace the Patriot and Hawk missile systems. Combining battlefield protection with flexibility, MEADS protects maneuvering ground combat forces and provides homeland defense against tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and aircraft. The LynxOS 5.0 migration enables Lockheed Martin to take advantage of the latest LynuxWorks network stack and Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) technologies—both of which are now integrated into the software, while still maintaining POSIX conformance. "Our decades of experience in the military market continue to be applied toward growing [...]

Long history of collaboration for safety systems now extending to include security and information assurance MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE, SAN DIEGO, Calif., Nov. 17, 2008—LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, today announced Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) will be demonstrating technology using LynuxWorks' LynxSecure 2.0 embedded hypervisor and separation kernel at MILCOM '08. LynuxWorks and Rockwell Collins have a long history of working together to provide safety-critical solutions for both military and commercial avionics. Rockwell Collins' use of LynxSecure 2.0 will help speed design and development for their next generation of high-assurance complex systems. Rockwell Collins, a leader in information assurance—products, policies and procedures that allow the timely transfer of information in an accurate and secure fashion—is the first company in the world to receive certification for a Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) microprocessor (AAMP7G) under the new National Security Agency (NSA) guidelines. Rockwell Collins chose LynxSecure 2.0, in part, to help continue that heritage of safety and security. Rockwell Collins develops and deploys innovative communication and aviation electronic solutions for both commercial and government applications. The company, which [...]

New ObjectAda Real-Time efficiencies reduce development cycles EMBEDDED SYSTEMS SHOW, Birmingham, U.K., October 1, 2008—Aonix®, a provider of solutions for safety- and mission-critical applications, announced the release of ObjectAda for Linux® hosts targeting PowerPC® embedded and real-time systems running the LynuxWorks™ LynxOS® 4.2 RTOS. With enhanced edit, build, and debug facilities, ObjectAda speeds Ada application development using Linux, the preferred environment of engineers building large and complex systems. Thanks to such time savings, ObjectAda developers can reduce time to market and development costs over less functional toolchains. ObjectAda Real-Time for LynxOS includes an enhanced linker that dramatically reduces link time. As well, the Ada debug facility enables more efficient use of functions to step into and out of protected subprograms. Upgraded support for GDB/MI mixed-code disassembly and interspersion of disassembled code with sources is included and improved multi-language debug support for C and Ada code are also provided to speed cross language test cycles. "Aonix has long been a premier partner," said Joe Wlad, Director of Certification, Marketing and Services at LynuxWorks. "Many of our customers, especially in the aerospace and military [...]

Security-enhanced version of robust and reliable POSIX RTOS offers easy Linux-application migration and designed for EAL 4 certification SDR FORUM, WASHINGTON, D.C., BOOTH #36, October 27, 2008—LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, today announced that ITT, a diversified high-technology engineering and manufacturing company, has selected LynuxWorks' LynxOS®-SE 5.0 real-time operating system (RTOS) for the company's next-generation secure communications products. The features in LynxOS-SE will enable ITT to speed the development of military communication devices, including Software Defined Radios (SDR) that require less power and support evaluation assurance level 4 (EAL 4). This translates to products that have longer use in the field before having to be recharged and communications that are secure from unauthorized interception. "ITT's selection of LynxOS-SE endorses LynuxWorks commitment to providing real-time products that are open, reliable and secure," said LynuxWorks CEO Gurjot Singh. "We look forward to continuing our partnership with ITT as they quickly ramp production and begin rolling out tomorrow's next-generation secure communications products." LynxOS-SE 5.0 is the first and only time- and space-partitioned RTOS with the ability to run POSIX®, ARINC [...]

SAN DIEGO, Calif., September 29, 2008—Providing the latest solution in its line of robust support offerings for military and aerospace embedded applications developers, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, and CompactPCI products for the aerospace and defense market, and LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, have announced support for LynuxWorks' LynxOS-SE 5.0 on Curtiss-Wright's SVME/DMV-1901 Intel® Core™2 Duo-based 6U VME single-board computer (SBC). The growing alliance between LynuxWorks and Curtiss-Wright illustrates both companies' commitment to the military and aerospace industries and the developers that drive those industries. The alliance further enables the companies to provide advanced and reliable software for mission-critical applications. The LynxOS-SE 5.0 fully supported real-time operating system (RTOS) board support package (BSP) is available on Curtiss-Wright's rugged, conduction-cooled SVME/DMV-1901 SBC. The combined hardware/software solution provides a secure, POSIX®-conformant and Linux-binary-compatible operating system for use with Curtiss-Wright's hardware platform. Developers will benefit from lower costs, reduced time to market and an industry-leading foundation for sophisticated real-time systems as a result of the alliance. "The Curtiss-Wright SVME/DMV-1901 represents [...]

Real-time determinism coupled with high functionality makes LynxOS-178 the best safety critical RTOS for today’s avionics computer systems SAN JOSÉ, CA, September 8, 2008—LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, today announced Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) has selected LynuxWorks' LynxOS-178 as the real-time operating system (RTOS) of choice for the company's next-generation Pro Line Fusion™ avionics system. As a ground-breaking next-generation avionics system, Pro Line Fusion was a strong match for an RTOS such as LynxOS-178, which helped speed the product's development and certification process. Our mission is to make our RTOS the industry's foremost enabler of developer innovation, so it's gratifying to know LynxOS-178 was instrumental in helping Rockwell Collins quickly develop and deliver its next-generation flight displays. Rockwell Collins chose LynxOS-178 for a number of reasons: LynxOS-178 is the first and only hard real-time RTCA/DO-178B/C level A operating system to offer the interoperability benefits of POSIX® with support for the ARINC 653 APplication EXecutive (APEX) LynxOS-178 is the only RTOS to be awarded a Reusable Software Component (RSC) by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) LynxOS-178 has LynxOS, [...]