(openPR) - Curtiss-Wright to Support Wind River Commercial-Grade Linux and Guaranteed Real-Time Linux Technology as standard Linux Operating Environments for its x86-Based Mission-Critical Solutions

Wind River, the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO), and Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, the industry's most comprehensive designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, and CompactPCI products for the Aerospace and Defense market, announced that Curtiss-Wright's Linux Center of Excellence, located in San Diego, California, will support Wind River General Purpose Platform, Linux Edition and the Wind River Real-Time Core for Linux solution as their standard Linux operating environments for use on the company's Intel x86-based platforms. Curtiss-Wright has long offered VxWorks as its standard out-of-the-box RTOS solution for its rugged COTS board product line. As a result of this expanded strategic partnership, embedded system integrators now will be able to more easily and rapidly deploy Wind River Linux and VxWorks solutions for rugged deployed military systems, significantly mitigating their risk and speeding their time to market.

Curtiss-Wright is Wind River's first board vendor strategic partner in the A&D industry to standardize on VxWorks, Wind River Linux, and Real-Time Core. Wind River Linux solutions are engineered, integrated, tested, validated and maintained by Wind River's world-class service and support. Offered as an add-on to Wind River Linux, Real-Time Core has been regarded in the software industry as one of the best and most mature, guaranteed real-time Linux solutions available today. Real-Time Core provides a guaranteed real-time executive that coexists with Wind River Linux. Together, they combine the guaranteed real-time responsiveness with the broad capabilities of the Linux operating system to enable mission-critical applications.

About Wind River
Wind River is the global leader in device software optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop, run and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process from concept to deployed product.
Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, call 1-800-872-4977visit or Wind River at www.windriver.com.

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