Security and Defense

As a provider of realtime OS technology for over 25 years, QNX Software Systems has a long tradition of helping government defense departments and their contractors develop advanced, mission-critical, realtime systems. Organizations such as the U.S. Army, NASA, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Naval Undersea Warfare Center and Boeing have engaged with QNX on a wide range of projects that share the same demanding requirements:

Military-grade reliability (microkernel architecture, full memory protection)
Standards-based design (security and easy interoperability of networked applications, POSIX)
Massive scalability (transparent distributed processing, symmetric multiprocessing)
Open tooling platform (Eclipse-based IDE, code coverage, system analysis and profiling tools)
Military standards certification (DO-178B, MIL-STD 1553, QNX Neutrino RTOS: #0033857, cage code: 3AD83)
Power management (full range of low power processors)
Advanced graphics (3D visualization, mapping, ruggedized and multi-headed visual display systems, and multi-language support)

QNX-powered defense applications

By combining the above capabilities with industry-leading realtime performance, the QNX^® Neutrino^® RTOS has become the operating system of choice for a number of defense applications, including:

Unmanned aircraft control systems
Acoustic sensors for tracking tank movements
JTRS wireless military radios
High-capacity data radios
Autonomous underwater vehicles
Guidance systems for anti-tank weapons
Embedded controller for aerospace applications
Wearable GPS/communication systems for ground troops
Transponder landing systems
Military weather satellite test beds

Partner Technology

Silicon
IBM, Intel, Freescale, Renesas, ARM
Boards
Arcom, GE Fanuc, Motorola Computer Group, Octagon, SBS Technologies, VersaLogic, Xycom
Tools
Emutec, EPI, IBM Rational, I-Logix, Lauterbach, Perforce, Programming Research, SlickEdit, Telelogic, Virtio, Virtutech
Bluetooth
Extended Systems, Rappore, Stonestreet One, Wipro
IDB 1394
Mindready, Wipro
Speech Technology
Babel, Clarity, Cepstral, Fonix, IBM, Scansoft, Wavemakers
Databases
Birdstep, Empress, Encirq, FairCom, IBM, McObject, MySQL, Sleepycat, Solid
CORBA
Objective Interface Systems, IONA
802.11
Broadcom, Intel, Intercil, Proxim, Symbol, Wipro

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