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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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