Wind River Technology Powers Airbus Group’s Innovative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ATLANTE
September 23 2014 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
- Wind River COTS platform delivering
safety-critical, integrated modular avionics applications serves as
key technology for Airbus Group’s ATLANTE program.
- VxWorks 653 Platform powers the mission
computer, ground communications, and control station critical
computers of unmanned aerial vehicle.
- Company’s trusted software serves as
key technology in countless unmanned systems around the globe.
Wind River®, world leader in
delivering software for intelligent connected systems, has
announced that Airbus Defence and Space, an Airbus Group company,
relies on Wind River VxWorks® 653 Platform for its long endurance
tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) "ATLANTE."
Known as the most important technological and industrial
initiative in the Spanish unmanned air vehicle sector, ATLANTE was
designed to carry out target identification, shoot correction, and
damage evaluation operations, among other ISTAR missions
(intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and
reconnaissance). It offers the capability of operating 24 hours a
day, in any meteorological condition and does not require
take-off/landing strips.
"We sought to create an UAV with fully automated take-off and
landing capabilities, and the capacity to provide its operators
with real-time information by performing surveillance and target
acquisition over a large area," said Fernando Mijares, ATLANTE
Chief Engineer at Airbus Defence and Space. "We chose Wind River
VxWorks 653 knowing it would perfectly serve these hard real time
and mission critical constraints given its proven track record of
successful implementations in the UAV space."
Part of the Wind River product portfolio for trusted systems,
VxWorks 653 is a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) platform for
delivering safety-critical, integrated modular avionics (IMA)
applications. It is compliant with ARINC 653, which implements
ARINC 653 partitioning of applications. Specifically, VxWorks 653
powers the mission computer, ground communications and control
station critical computers in the ATLANTE. In addition, it provides
resource management and a partitioning environment that allows
multiple independent applications of different criticality levels
to run on a single target platform.
"Used in over 300 programs, by 185 customers and on 70 aircraft,
VxWorks 653 is the world’s leading ARINC 653-compliant IMA
platform," said Alex Wilson, director of aerospace and defense at
Wind River. "We are extremely proud to know that our technology has
enabled the development of yet another revolutionary UAV, one that
is considered to be the most important technological initiative in
the Spanish unmanned air vehicle sector."
For more than three decades, Wind River has been a trusted
advisor in the development of safety and mission-critical products.
The company's reliable and secure software has served as a key
technology for countless autonomous systems around the globe,
including the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity, Northrop
Grumman X-47B, unmanned aircraft, CIRA’s FTB-1 reusable unmanned
spacecraft, AgustaWestland’s Project Zero technology incubator, and
the nEUROn Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle demonstrator, among
others.
More information about Wind River VxWorks 653 Platform is
available at http://tinyurl.com/VxWorks653Airbus. To learn more
about Wind River’s technology leadership in unmanned systems visit
http://tinyurl.com/WRUnmanned.
About Wind River
Wind River, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel® Corporation
(NASDAQ:INTC), is a world leader in delivering software for
intelligent connected systems. The company has been pioneering
computing inside embedded devices since 1981, and its technology is
found in nearly 2 billion products. Wind River offers the
industry's most comprehensive embedded software portfolio supported
by world-class global professional services and support, and a
broad partner ecosystem. Wind River delivers the technology and
expertise that enables the innovation and deployment of safe,
secure, and reliable intelligent systems. To learn more, visit Wind
River at www.windriver.com.
Wind River is a trademark or registered trademark of Wind River
Systems, Inc. and its affiliates. Other names may be the trademarks
of their respective owners.
Wind RiverJessica Miller,
510-749-2727jessica.miller@windriver.com
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