SANTA BARBARA, Calif., 2 May 2006. CMC Electronics Inc. has selected the Green Hills Platform for Avionics with the Integrity-178B real-time operating system (RTOS), from Green Hills Software, to support the development of integrated cockpit avionics solutions. Green Hills Software Integrity-178B will aid in the development of a new CMC Electronics Aircraft Management System product line.
The product supports an all-glass cockpit anchored by two CMC Electronics Integrated Avionics Computers that are qualified to commercial standards. The mission system uses a PowerPC 7457 processor and will support multiple display functions.
INTEGRITY-178B is an ARINC-653-1 full time and memory partitioned RTOS that has been certified multiple times to the FAA's standard DO-178B.
The Green Hills Platform for Avionics has been selected for several current and next-generation aircraft, including the Airbus A380, Boeing 777, Boeing 787, Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-22, Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed Martin F-16, Airbus A400M military transport, Boeing C-17, Boeing B-1B, Boeing B-52, Boeing X-45C Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems and Sikorsky S-92 helicopter.