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POSIX Profiles

Well, as work caught up with me I missed the Lisbon experience, but apparently it was raining there anyway – so it was just like home! As I mentioned profiles in my last blog, I...

18 years 7 months ago

Linux in Aerospace and Defense

In a recent blog entry, John Bruggeman considered the role of Linux in Automotive applications. He discussed the blurring of the distinction between car infotainment systems and...

18 years 7 months ago

Rad Chips

In a recent EEtimes Article (requires login) NASA has begun looking for a suitable processor for continued manned space exploration. Current space robots ( MRO , etc) run BAEsystem...

18 years 7 months ago

Mapping Out The Future with TARDIS

I’ve just read a interesting article – ‘Mapping Out The Future With TARDIS ‘ in the journal Jane’s International Defence Review (Volume 39, November 2006, page 29 Upgrade Update)...

18 years 7 months ago

One Thousand Days

This afternoon, Spirit Rover will start it’s 999th Sol (Martian Day) on Mars. Tomorrow will be Sol 1K. Next month, on the 14th/15th of November, Opportunity’s calendar will hit the...

18 years 7 months ago

Is multi-core ready for safety-critical?

I recently attended the Military & Aerospace Electronics conference in the UK, at which a number of technical presentations were given on new technologies relevant to this sector...

18 years 7 months ago

POSIX and DSO

Next week I am off to the Open Group Meeting in Lisbon (excellent!) to talk about High Assurance Software and MILS [podcast link]. No doubt POSIX will come up as the OpenGroup...

18 years 7 months ago

Distant Weather

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has made the first measurements of the day and night temperatures of a planet outside our solar system. The infrared observatory revealed that the...

18 years 8 months ago

The Ravenscar Profile

A few weeks ago, I took a few days leave to enjoy the end of the British summer and went hiking in the North Yorkshire Moors . What’s that go to do with Aerospace & Defence or...

18 years 8 months ago

Embedded Systems Show UK

Coming from a DSO Company it was interesting to visit the UK ESS in Birmingham this week. The first thing I noticed there was a distinct lack of traditional software vendors there...

18 years 8 months ago