After announcing military/aerospace technology six months ago, Sysgo is growing. The Germany-based provider of embedded Linux distributions, tools, and services expects 50 percent revenue growth in 2006, and a 50 percent staffing increase. Sysgo is headquartered in Mainz, Germany, with subsidiaries in Ulm, Germany; Prague, Czechoslovakia; and Paris.

Sysgo says it is currently searching for software engineers “for the development of operating system software,” including:

• Linux kernel and driver software
• Real-time and embedded systems based on various proprietary RTOSes
• Operating systems theory
• Software certification (e.g. IEC61508, DO-178B, EN50128 etc.)

Sysgo launched the latest version of its embedded Linux distribution, eLinOS 4.0, last September, adding support for a “PikeOS” platform virtualization technology said to allow critical and non-critical software to run on a single CPU. PikeOS/ElinOS 4.0 targets military/aerospace applications.

Sysgo is not the only embedded Linux vendor involved in the mil/aero market to announce rapid growth. LynuxWorks announced plans to double revenue and increase staffing 30 percent after being awarded a major US government defense contract. LynuxWorks is currently developing several products related to platform virtualization.

Device platform virtualization has become interesting in military/aerospace applications in part due to the increasingly coalition-based nature of military maneuvers, according to LynuxWorks's director of mil/aero operations, Steven Blackman. “There are 26 other military forces involved in [the US war with Iraq]. The information we share with xyz country isn't what we share internally.”

Other embedded vendors offering platform virtualization technology include:

• LynuxWorks announced its LynxSecure separation kernel in March, saying the real-time environment could support various OS environments within securely partitioned environments.
• RTOS vendor Green Hills Software says its padded cell technology can run Linux within a secure partition under its proprietary RTOS
• Jaluna is working on an EAL-5-certifiable version of Linux, and also offers virtualization technology capable of running Linux alongside various legacy OSes, such as VxWorks, Nucleus, and others
• FSMLabs has offered its hard, real-time microkernel that can run Linux in userspace for more than nine years

Additional details about Sysgo's jobs may be listed here.

 
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