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Saab Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Relies on INTEGRITY
Development of UAV Flight Control Unit Jump-Started by Green Hills
Software
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, BOSTON, MA —October 28, 2008—Green
Hills Software, Inc., the technology leader in device software optimization
(DSO) and real-time operating systems (RTOS),
today announced that Saab is using Green Hills Software's INTEGRITY® operating
system in the Saab Skeldar unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Saab also selected
Green Hills Software’s MULTI® debugger
and the Green Hills Probe for use
in the development of the UAV’s redundant flight control unit,
which was based on the Freescale MPC5554 microcontroller.
"We selected Green Hills Software because it provided the best
toolset for the MPC5554, our chosen processor," commented Torbjörn
Helgesson, system engineer, Computer System Architecture, Saab. "The
project was jump-started thanks to the use of INTEGRITY, which quickly
gave us a working base for the development. The integrated debugging
and monitoring facilities within the operating system were particularly
useful and the supplied board support package formed the basis for our
own tailored BSP."
"Green Hills Software’s operating systems and tools have
been widely adopted in manned and unmanned aircraft in the civil and
military sectors due to their proven reliability," said David Kleidermacher,
chief technology officer, Green Hills Software. "We are pleased
that Saab was able to accelerate its UAV project with the assistance
of our kernel-aware probe and debugging tools."
About the Saab Skeldar
Saab’s Skeldar is a fully autonomous, lightweight, unmanned helicopter.
It can hover and perform vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) with a
minimum of field preparation or additional equipment. The system is designed
to support military as well as civil operations, national and international
missions, and to operate during day and night. Potential applications
include target acquisition and designation, surveillance, reconnaissance,
and electronic warfare. Weighing 150kg, Skeldar has a maximum speed of
100km/h, 4-hour operating endurance and a range of up to 100km.
About the Green Hills Software INTEGRITY RTOS
Green Hills Software products have become the leading choice for the
avionics industry. The INTEGRITY RTOS provides absolute reliability
for embedded applications, allowing multiple applications to safely
and securely operate on the same embedded computer. Memory partitioning
prevents one application from accessing, stealing, or corrupting another
application’s memory or data. Time partitioning prevents a low
criticality application from stealing CPU time away from high criticality
applications on the same computer. Applications can be deployed at
multiple safety levels and new applications can be seamlessly added
over time.
About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the technology leader
in device software optimization (DSO) and real-time operating systems
(RTOS) for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. Our royalty-free INTEGRITY® and velOSity™ real-time
operating systems, µ-velOSity™ microkernel, IPv6-ready
TCP/IP networking stacks, GateD® Layer 3 routing,
compilers, MULTI® and AdaMULTI™ integrated
development environments, DoubleCheck™ integrated
static analyzer and TimeMachine™ tool
suite offer a complete development solution that addresses both deeply
embedded and high-reliability applications. Green Hills Software is
headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the
United Kingdom.Visit Green Hills Software on the web at www.ghs.com.
About Saab
Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and
solutions ranging from military defence to civil security. Saab has
operations and employees on all continents and constantly develops,
adopts and improves new technology to meet customers’ changing
needs.
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North American Sales Contact:
Green Hills Software, Inc.
30 West Sola Street,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101,
Tel: 805-965-6044
Fax: 805-965-6343
Website: www.ghs.com
Email: sales@ghs.com
Media Contacts:
Green Hills Software, Inc.
Barbel French
Tel: 805-965-6044
Email: bfrench@ghs.com
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International Sales Contact:
Green Hills Software Ltd
Fleming Business Centre
Leigh Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire SO50 9PD
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0)2380 649660
Fax: +44 (0)2380 649661
Email: mktg-europe@ghs.com
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