LynxOS-178 is an integral component for the FLYHT real-time voice and data communications system San Jose, California, Wednesday, 28 September 2016  – Lynx Software Technologies, a world leader in the embedded software market, today announced that its LynxOS-178 RTOS provides the platform for a ground breaking real-time flight information reporting system. FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd.(TSX.V: FLY, OTCQX: FLYLF) global voice and data communications system uses the Iridium global satellite network to stream data in real time from aircraft in flight. The information available can include live black box data in the event of an emergency. FLYHT’s technology, called the Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS™) increases safety, improves service and enhances profitability with reliable real-time communications. Services available include SATCOM voice, global flight tracking, aircraft/engine health monitoring as well as real-time black box data streaming capabilities. Data is sent securely to airline operators. Commenting, Derek Graham, CTO at FLYHT Aerospace said, “AFIRS meets all the certifications and performance standards necessary for installation on 95% of transport category aircraft. Adopting LynxOS-178, a Commercial off-the-Shelf (COTS) operating system with space and time partitioning significantly [...]

Heidelberg, Germany, 21 September 2016 -  Lynx Software Technologies, a world leader in safety and security solutions for the embedded software market, today announced its support for the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) and specifically the Industrial Internet Security Framework (IISF), unveiled today in Heidelberg, Germany. Lynx is a member of the IIC Security Working Group and played an active role in drafting of the Security Framework. The IIC Security Working Group announced the new the Industrial Internet Security Framework at its members meeting in Heidelberg on September 19, 2016. IISF provides a common security framework developed to address security issues in Industrial Internet of Things systems. It provides details on five characteristics - security, privacy, resilience, reliability and safety – that define “trustworthiness” in Information Technology (IT) systems and Operational Technology (OT) systems. The IISF defines risk, assessments, threats, metrics and performance indicators to help business management protect their organizations. Stephen Mellor, CTO of the IIC, said “Trustworthiness is at the core of public acceptance of the Internet of Things. Lynx has significant experience of securing connected embedded systems in domains as [...]

VectorCAST® Test Automation Platform now supports the latest versions of LynxOS and LynxOS-178 from Lynx Software Technologies Aviation Electronics Europe, Munich, Germany, 20 April 2016 – Lynx Software Technologies, a world leader in the embedded software market and Vector Software, the leading provider of dynamic software testing solutions for embedded systems, today announced an integration between the LynxOS family of real-time operating systems and the VectorCAST test automation platform. VectorCAST now supports the dynamic testing of mission-critical LynxOS applications, including those deployed on LynxOS-178, the only RTOS to be awarded a Reusable Software Component (RSC) by the FAA. Commenting, Robert Day, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Lynx, said, “LynxOS-178 offers developers a significant time to market advantage for safety-critical aerospace, defence and other applications by supplying OEMs and system integrators with proven software and artefacts that have previously been certified. The partnership between Lynx and Vector Software will minimize customers’ development effort and risk by providing a streamlined path for creating any further artefacts they may need. As the VectorCAST and LynxOS tool environments both support the standards-based Eclipse foundation, [...]

LynxOS-178 is an integral component for the Ampyx Power’s PowerPlane Aviation Electronics Europe, Munich, Germany, 20 April 2016 – Lynx Software Technologies, a world leader in the embedded software market, today announced that LynxOS-178 has been selected as the software platform for Ampyx Power. Ampyx Power is developing an Airborne Wind Energy system with a PowerPlane, a tethered aircraft that converts wind into economical green electricity. Erik van der Heide, Head of Engineering at Ampyx Power, commented, “To be able to market our technology successfully, it is crucial that we comply with the highest safety standards. Not only should the level of the quality and reliability of our system be high, it needs to be measurable and controllable as well. We have chosen to be able to certify our product according to stringent civil aviation safety guidelines, so we need a software platform that supports us in achieving acceptance by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and other relevant aviation authorities. The fact that LynxOS-178 is a Commercial off-the-Shelf (COTS) operating system which has received acceptance for [...]

New version of LynxSecure adds secure bare-metal networking and advanced cloud-based threat detection capabilities San Jose, CA, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 – Lynx Software Technologies unveiled the LynxSecure 5.3 Separation Kernel Hypervisor at Embedded World, Nuremberg, and announced a powerful new capability that extends the principle of domain separation to the network connection. At the same time, in partnership with Webroot, they revealed real time cloud-based threat detection for guest operating systems hosted by LynxSecure. LynxSecure 5.3 is being demonstrated in the Lynx booth at both the Embedded World Conference in Nuremberg, Germany from February 23rd to 25th (hall 4A, booth 338) and at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, USA from February 29th to March 3rd (south hall, booth 732) Commenting, Robert Day, Vice President, Marketing at Lynx Software Technologies, said, “The success of connected cars, connected infrastructure and other safety-critical IoT applications rests on the resolution of two key security challenges. The first is the robust protection of not only the gateways and endpoints, but also the lines of communication between them, and then from the gateway out over the [...]

Demonstration of LynxSecure providing isolation on the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 at two key industry conferences NUREMBERG, GERMANY and SAN FRANCISCO, USA – February 24th & February 29th 2016 Lynx Software Technologies, Inc., a world leader in secure IoT solutions, is offering LynxSecure, its least privilege separation kernel, for the Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series. LynxSecure provides military-grade isolation of IoT domains on the gateway to protect the Operational Technology (OT) world from the malicious threats that are ever-present in the Information Technology (IT) world. This solution is being demonstrated in the Lynx booth at both the Embedded World Conference in Nuremberg, Germany from February 23rd to 25th (hall 4A, booth 338) and at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, USA from February 29th to March 3rd (south hall, booth 732). This secure solution is also being shown in the Dell Security booth at the RSA conference (south hall, booth 1007). “We believe you must think security first and assess, prepare and implement the right amount of security at the right places to safely deploy your IoT initiatives,” said Jason Shepherd, director [...]

FALLS CHURCH, Va., January 28, 2016 - Core Avionics & Industrial Inc., Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions, ENSCO Avionics, and Lynx Software Technologies have joined forces to demonstrate the first ever FACE™ aligned cockpit display application at the Army Aviation FACE Technical Interchange Meeting at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 2. The integrated demonstration stack will leverage key offerings by each of the contributing companies: ENSCO Avionics’ IData® Tool Suite with IDataMap Core Avionics & Industrial Inc.’s safety critical OpenGL® Driver Lynx Software Technologies’ LynxOS-178 real-time operating system Curtiss-Wright Defense Solution’s VPX3-131 3U VPX single board computer Curtiss-Wright Defense Solution’s XMC-715 high performance graphics controller The collaborating companies will provide an in-depth demonstration of the FACE architecture using all of the FACE segments. Two user applications will be contained in the Portable Component Segment that will represent interchangeable software components from different suppliers. These applications when linked into the FACE architecture will communicate with the IData RunTime in the Graphics services section of the Platform Specific Services segment via the Transport Services Segment. The IData RunTime Library application will also be [...]

Reading – Wednesday, 9 September 2015, Lynx Software Technologies is focusing on the security and performance of connected Smart Systems at the second Bits&Chips Smart Systems exhibition and conference in the Netherlands, 1 October 2015. Lynx will deliver a paper on Building a secure IoT infrastructure and will be showing how its LynxSecure and LynxOS 7.0 technology can make smart systems secure by design. The paper, delivered by Mark Pitchford, Technical Manager, EMEA looks at designing connected embedded devices to support the cloud, multi-tenancy and App Stores securely. He will show how secure separation can be achieved even within constrained IoT device architectures to deliver the benefits of connectivity without risking the integrity of the device. Visitors to the event can also view demonstrations of the LynxSecure Separation Kernel Hypervisor and LynxOS 7.0. The separation kernel and “Type-0” hypervisor is an award winning bare-metal architecture, designed from the ground up, that differentiates from type 1 hypervisors by removing the un-needed functionality from the “security sensitive” hypervisor mode, yet virtualizes guest OSes in a tiny stand-alone package. Lynx will also be demonstrating LynxOS [...]

PARTIES PROVIDE HIGHLY SECURE SOLUTIONS USING LYNXSECURE FOR THE GROWING SECURITY NEEDS OF THE JAPANESE MARKET Tokyo, Japan – August 6th, 2015 – Ad-Sol Nissin (3837:TYO) and Lynx Software Technologies, Inc., announced today a new collaboration focused on providing highly secure solutions to the Japanese Market. Ad-sol Nissin and Lynx have worked together for over 20 years providing embedded solutions based on the LynxOS real-time operating system to top tier Japanese companies in the automotive, manufacturing, industrial, office automation and transportation markets. The new collaboration is focused around new secure technologies from Lynx and has been driven by the increasing demand for security solutions in Japan, especially among the social infrastructure associated with the growing Internet of Things (IoT) market. The key technology from Lynx is the LynxSecure separation kernel hypervisor, which combines the highest levels of security with real-time performance and unique virtualization technology to offer end-to-end protection, from the endpoint, through the gateway and into the cloud. “We have had a very long and fruitful relationship with Lynx, and this collaboration is a very exciting new chapter in the story and brings [...]