Navy asks Raytheon to push forward converting UAS control station software from Solaris to Linux

Software engineers at the Raytheon Co. Intelligence and Information Systems segment in Garland, Texas, will continue a project to convert application code in the U.S. Navy Tactical Control System (TCS) for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from the proprietary Solaris operating system to the open-systems Linux operating system under terms of a $27.9 million contract awarded last week. Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced the contract to Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems in a contract justification-and-approval document released on 7 June. Navy officials say Raytheon is the only responsible source able to do the UAV control station software upgrade The contract and contract modifications to Raytheon concern the TCS interfaces to the Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV), which help human operators control the aircraft and its payloads during sea- and ground-based operations. The Raytheon TCS is designed to operate UAVs in all branches of the U.S. military, as well as NATO STANAG 4586-compliant UAVs. Raytheon developed the TCS to run on the Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 software operating system, which is approaching the end of its useful life in U.S. military applications. The contract calls for Raytheon to convert TCS […]
Navy asks Raytheon to push forward converting UAS control station software from Solaris to Linux