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The Advent of Multi-core MILS

It has been a rather long time since my previous blog post . I intended to post a blog before the holidays regarding our partner Curtiss-Wright's announcement about VxWorks MILS...

12 years 5 months ago

MSL: How Big Is It?

I’ve been asked here and there “Just how big is this MSL thing?” It’s a question I can give several answers to, depending on what the asker means. In physical terms, you could ride...

12 years 10 months ago

All Your Mars are Belong to US!

It's time to celebrate. We have returned to Mars with the most complex roving robotic laboratory ever sent to another planet. We have demonstrated and proved the Sky Crane concept...

12 years 10 months ago

Complexity

This afternoon I watched the press conferences for Mars Science Laboratory “Curiosity” that were hosted by NASA/JPL from Pasadena, Ca. These conferences were broadcast over NASA-TV...

12 years 10 months ago

Seven Minutes

This week, NASA hosted the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists in charge of the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, for a pre-landing press conference . The landing...

12 years 10 months ago

The New FACE of Avionics

Earlier this year, Wind River announced its support of the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) technical standard, which hopes to resolve two fundamental problems with...

12 years 11 months ago

Securing Android for the Battle Space

Armed conflict has radically changed. Remotely operated unmanned vehicles and cyber warfare highlight this change. Combatants can launch an attack anywhere from a few hundred...

13 years 1 month ago

Getting Code Coverage with LDRA Tools on Simics

A system development tool like Simics is rarely used completely on its own. Simics is usually brought in by companies and development teams who are already using a variety of tools...

13 years 1 month ago

Wind River and Android – 5 great years, with many more to come

It was 5 years ago this week that I got an email from our CEO who had just met with Andy Rubin and Rich Miner at the Googleplex. Google had invited us to talk privately and...

13 years 2 months ago

What is the Real Impact of DO-178C and ED-12C?

DO-178C and ED-12C are now released. What does this mean for Wind River and its customers? Now that RCTA DO-178 and its European equivalent, EUROCAE ED-12, have been updated after...

13 years 2 months ago