MontaVista Software, Inc., developer of the Hard Hat(TM) Linux(R) operating system for embedded applications, and ITT Industries, Inc. (NYSE:ITT) today announced that they are working together to further enhance the capabilities and effectiveness of a handheld radio communications system for soldiers. The ultra-capable communications system relies on Hard Hat Linux to support multiple StrongARM processors.
An ITT led team of industry leaders in developing military technology is working on a contract for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to build a 'soldiers' radio." The successful culmination of the team's efforts brings the embedded Linux expertise of MontaVista together with ITT Industries' defense communications devices.
The beta version of the radio unit is expected later this year. This radio is designed to function in unfriendly environments such as jungles and cities where wireless communications frequently have reliability problems. The technology being developed by the ITT team will be able to adapt to differing environments to ensure constant connectivity.
"MontaVista has worked with ITT to pioneer the port of Linux to the StrongARM processor. No other vendor was willing to provide a StrongARM port, but working with MontaVista we had Hard Hat Linux up and running on our processor in the first week," said John Kirkwood, company spokesman at ITT Industries Aerospace, Communications Division. "By leveraging MontaVista embedded Linux expertise our team was able to concentrate on our core technology competence, and bring this product to market that much sooner."
"By utilizing open source, 100% pure Linux components, MontaVista was able to provide StrongARM support to ITT in record time," commented Jim Ready, CEO of MontaVista Software, Inc. "The ITT communications project proves once again that an open source development and business model delivers COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) solutions earlier and under budget."
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