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Bit Rot Amnesia

Spirit Rover has been having a number of problems recently, anomalous behaviors, losing contact with Earth, even forgetting commands . Amnesia has been one of the larger concerns...

15 years 5 months ago

Twenty

In 1989 I got my first "real" job, left an auto shop I'd been working at in Santa Cruz, and started working for a pre-tech-bubble company. Integrated made VME racks, boxes from the...

15 years 5 months ago

A&D Regional Conferences

I've recently finished updating presentations on The Essentials of Multicore Software and Challenges of Security Software Development for our forthcoming Aerospace & Defence...

15 years 6 months ago

Busting the Myths around VxWorks #6: Safety

Software safety is related to many factors but I think the impression that an operating system is unreliable conjures up the perception it is unsafe as well. I’ve spent time in...

15 years 6 months ago

Busting the Myths Around VxWorks #5: Security

In reality this isn’t a myth, it’s more of an awareness problem. Our solution for the need for high robustness systems is the VxWorks MILS product. VxWorks MILS is designed to...

15 years 6 months ago

There is Water Underground

Are dry ideas of Mars all wet? It's starting to look that way. As recently as even 2004, it was believed that possibly in the past, but certainly now, Mars was, or is, a bone-dry...

15 years 6 months ago

Ada & C mixed language development

Last week, I downloaded AdaCore's GNAT Pro 6.2.2 and the latest GNATbench 2.3.1 release (which was announced yesterday ), as I wanted to port an Ada & C mixed-language application...

15 years 7 months ago

Tornado GR4 Goes Extreme

In case you missed the news, our partner McObject has just announced that BAE SYSTEMS has selected the eXtreme DB running on VxWorks for the Tornado Advanced Radar Display...

15 years 7 months ago

VxWorks MILS 2.0 at DSEi 2009

I am looking forward to Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEi), the world's largest fully integrated international defence exhibition, which is being held in London...

15 years 8 months ago

Planetary Forges

Interesting recent observations have been made by various space probes. Some that I find interesting from the past few weeks are from Stardust, Opportunity and Spitzer Space...

15 years 8 months ago