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General Dynamics Selects Enea's OSE Real-Time Operating System for Use in U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective SystemTEMPE, Ariz. --(Business Wire)-- Feb. 9, 2005 -- OSE Helps Bring Secure, Global Narrowband SATCOM to Mobile U.S. Forces Enea Embedded Technology today announced that General Dynamics has selected Enea's OSE real-time operating system and development tools for use in a wireless satellite ground control system that General Dynamics is providing for the U.S. Navy SPAWAR's (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command) Mobile User Objective System. The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) is a next-generation narrowband tactical satellite communications system designed to significantly improve ground communications for U.S. forces on the move. The new communications system, slated to become operational in 2010, would provide 10 times more throughput than the current UFO System. It will also provide U.S. troops a much more reliable way to communicate, as it is not affected by weather, environmental constraints or foliage. Under the new system, even troops in the most remote locations or buildings with no satellite access would see a big increase in communications capabilities. Lockheed Martin, acting as the Prime Contractor for the MUOS project, has chosen General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics based in Scottsdale, Ariz., to lead the user-entry and integrated ground segments of the MUOS program. In this capacity, General Dynamics will lead the development and deployment of the MUOS ground system that provides communications and control interfaces between the MUOS satellites and existing and future U.S. Department of Defense terrestrial communication networks. General Dynamics will use the OSE RTOS to provide the narrowband wireless connectivity needed to implement this secure ground and satellite network. "We are very excited to have been selected by General Dynamics for use in the MUOS program," said Per Akerberg, president of Enea Embedded Technology AB. "OSE is used in wireless systems worldwide that require the utmost in reliability, availability, and security, and is a perfect fit for the MUOS satellite communications systems." More About OSE OSE is a compact, pre-emptive, memory-protected, multi-processor RTOS optimized for distributed, fault-tolerant applications that demand the utmost in reliability, security, and availability. OSE enhances reliability by building a firewall between kernel and application processes that prevents errant or malicious processes from corrupting each other. OSE further enhances reliability and availability by providing automatic failure detection and supervision (health monitoring) of system processes and applications. To streamline and simplify distributed communications, OSE utilizes an application- and device-independent message-passing protocol to establish communications between processes. This message-based protocol enables processes running on multiple processes to communicate with each other in a seamless fashion, as if they were running on the same processor. OSE also features a power management system that extends battery life, a crash-safe file system with flash support, and dynamic download capability, which enhances mobile device flexibility by enabling new applications to be downloaded to systems as they operate in the field. Development support for OSE includes Enea's Illuminator system level debugger, which enables programmers to monitor and control their applications as a sequence of events, such as context switches and message passing between processes. OSE also offers its own Soft Kernel simulator, which enables designers to start developing their OSE applications in advance of hardware availability. More about Enea Embedded Technology Enea Embedded Technology is a leading provider of real-time operating systems, development tools and services for fault-tolerant, high-availability and safety-critical applications. Enea's OSE real-time operating system is used in millions of products worldwide, including communications infrastructure, mobile phones, avionics systems, medical devices, automobiles, and industrial control systems. Enea Embedded Technology is a subsidiary of Enea AB (SAXESS: ENEA), based in Stockholm, Sweden. Employing about 500 people worldwide, Enea provides products, services, and training for a variety of real-time embedded applications. Customers include industry leaders such as Ericsson, Nokia, Boeing, Motorola, Alcatel, Volvo, TI, Agere Systems, Fujitsu and Hospira. This press release is available at www.ose.com/press -0- *T Europe: Helene Wetterskog Enea Embedded Technology Nytorpsvagen 5 183 23 Taby, Sweden Tel: +46-(0)8 507 141 91 Fax: +46-(0)8 507 1 40 40 Email: [email protected] Axel Lagerbielke Bite Communications SE-113 59 Stockholm, Sweden Phone: +49-(0)8 58 70 58 40 Fax: +49-(0)8 58 70 58 49 North America: Danielle Schwartz Enea Embedded Technology Tempe, AZ 85284 Tel: 760-603-9315 Fax: 760-603-9305 Email: [email protected] Ken Marrin Davis-Marrin Communications 8316 Clairemont Mesa Blvd San Diego, CA 92111, USA Phone: 321-725-2674 Fax: 858-573-0232 Asia Pacific: Masahiro Kawahara Enea Embedded Technology 1-4-2 Kanda Ogawa-machi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan Phone: +81 35 207 61 67 Fax: +81 35 207 61 69 *T |
