[Discuss] US Navy buys Linux to guide drone fleet

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

The register is not entirely the most reliable online tech web site, but
I have been reading it for years. I got the tip from Dick Miller.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/08/us_navy_linux_drones/

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The US Navy has signed off on a $27,883,883 contract from military
contractor Raytheon to install Linux ground control software for its
fleet of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drones.

The contract covers the Naval Air Station at Patuxent River in Maryland,
which has already spent $5,175,075 beginning to install Linux systems.
The no-bid contract was awarded to finish the work and get the Navy's
drone fleet fully operational using a Linux backbone.


Also note that Raytheon (HQ here in Waltham) is the contractor. Raytheon
has long been the primary contractor for radar and also developed the
anti-missile missile system. Also, Raytheon is the company that invented
the microwave oven.

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