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The JamaicaVM brings Java Technology to Mission Software in an unmanned aircraft by EADS
Karlsruhe, June 26, 2006.
Karlsruhe, June 26, 2006. The unmanned aircraft (UAV) "Barracuda" from
EADS Military Air Systems landed safely after its maiden flight in
Spain. Barracuda operated fully automatically during the entire flight.
Mission data was loaded into the UAV before the flight. High level
instructions from the ground can be used to alter the mission.
Only the unique realtime Java technology from aicas makes the
unrestricted use of the Java language in realtime and safety critical
systems possible. The JamaicaVM is the only Java implementation with a
realtime garbage collector, that is fully deterministic so that the
effort for garbage collection can be determined in advance. The garbage
collectors in other Java implementations can cause long pauses at inopportune
times.
Before the Barracuda can be deployed outside the test field, its
software must be certified to the aircraft safety standard DO-178b. The
part of the system using the JamaicaVM must be certified to level C.
Further information about Barracuda can be found at
http://www.eads.com.
About aicas (www.aicas.com)
aicas is a producer of modern software development tools especially for embedded systems and time critical
control applications. Their principal product is the realtime Java development suite named the JamaicaVM,
one of the first commercial implementations of the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ). The company was
founded in Karlsruhe, Germany in 2001. A second company was founded in 2005 in New Haven, CT to serve the US
market. There is also a subsidiary in Japan. Important customers include EADS, Siemens, Boeing and space
agencies ESA and JAXA.
About EADS
Military Air Systems (MAS), the competence center for all manned and
unmanned airborne weapons inside EADS, is an integrated business unit of
the EADS Defence & Security Systems Division (DS). With a sales of
around 5.6 Billion Euro im 2005 and approximately 23,000 employees in
nine countries, the EADS Division Defence and Security Systems (DS)
accounts for the principle defense and security activities of EADS. DS
is a leading supplier of Large Systems Integration (LSI) for the new
challenges facing military and security forces. DS is active in
integrating airborne combat and mission systems (manned and unmanned)
and associated training systems. Additionally, guided missiles and
combat control systems for military, global security solutions, secure
comminication solutions, defense electronics, sensors and avionics along
with associated services belong to its portfolio. EADS is a world wide
leading aerospace company in the defense industry and associated
services with sales of 34.2 Billion Euro in 2005 and over 113,000
employees.
Your press contacts:
aicas GmbH
Andy Walter
Director of Sales
Haid-und-Neu-Stra�e 18
76131 Karlsruhe
Tel. +49 721 663 968-0
Fax. +49 721 663 968-99
E-Mail: info@aicas.com
Following information is available online:
Press releases: http://www.aicas.com/press.html
Press images: http://www.aicas.com/images.html
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