San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — LynuxWorks today announced an agreement to obtain Rockwell Collins' Virtual Machine Operating System (VMOS) technology and plans to launch a new DO-178B level A certifiable version of LynxOS, LynuxWorks' POSIX-compatible real-time operating system (RTOS). The new RTOS, which will also be applicable to the European equivalent standard (EUROCAE/ED-12B), will be completed during the first part of calendar year 2003.

The certifiable LynxOS kernel, derived from LynuxWorks' LynxOS and known as Rockwell Collins' VMOS, is a virtual machine operating system enhanced for use in military, business/regional aviation and air transport. VMOS is the operating system foundation of multiple systems that have been certified to DO-178B standards, including the Bombardier Challenger 300 (primary flight display), the USAF KC-135 GATM program and other commercial and military deployments. The operating system offers key features required to help developers quickly design and bring to market safety critical applications including: hard partitioning of resources in time and space, POSIX interfaces, and the first DO-178B certifiable COTS TCP/IP stack.

The complete package will include the LynxOS certifiable kernel, development tools, a certifiable TCP/IP stack, customer support, and an artifacts package. The artifacts package traces the evidence-from requirements through design, code, tests, and results with the required documents included-for customers seeking a time-to-market solution for DO-178B-level certified products.

About DO-178B

Developed by the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA), the DO-178B standard is a set of guidelines for the production of software for airborne systems. Designed to ensure that software meets airworthiness requirements, adoption of the DO-178B standard is a method of component approval in many critical aerospace, defense and other environments, including military, nuclear, medical, and communications applications.

 
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