News & PressKongsberg Chooses INTEGRITY for Defense SystemsGreen Hills Software RTOS & Toolchain selected for Joint Strike Missile SAN JOSE, CA – April 27, 2010 – Embedded Systems Conference, Booth 1510 — Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced that Kongsberg Defence Systems has selected Green Hills Software's INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) and MULTI® integrated development environment for the Joint Strike Missile program. This development will additionally utilize the Green Hills Probe advanced hardware debugger and networking middleware. Kongsberg will use the INTEGRITY RTOS in multiple, multicore computers on the Joint Strike Missile (JSM), which is being developed initially for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. The JSM will be mounted externally or internally in the bomb bay of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. It is intended for anti-surface warfare and naval fire support missions over sea and land. In parallel, the Green Hills Software products will be used in the telemetric, safety launch and planning software for JSM. "INTEGRITY’s pedigree within aerospace and defense applications, and history of delivering functional safety-related BSPs, made it the leading contender for the JSM," said Harald Ånnestad, president of Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace. "We wanted a proven, reliable RTOS with a rich ecosystem of development tools and support for our chosen Freescale Power Architecture processor. Having conducted a detailed technical evaluation, we concluded that the Green Hills debugging technology is our choice. Green Hills Software provided a solution that enabled us to embark on a long term project with confidence." About Green Hills Software Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc. is the largest independent vendor of embedded development solutions. In 2008, the Green Hills INTEGRITY-178B RTOS was the first and only operating system to be certified by the NSA to EAL6+ High Robustness, the highest level of security ever achieved for any software product. Our open architecture integrated development solutions address deeply embedded, absolute security and high-reliability applications for the military/avionics, medical, industrial, automotive, networking, consumer and other markets that demand industry-certified solutions. Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European headquarters in the United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills Software at www.ghs.com.
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