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Navy
Operating Systems: The U.S. Navy
One recent article on the operating systems utilized by the U.S. Navy, authored by the Intergraph Solutions Group, was entitled "Rugged Hardware for Harsh Environment." What better way of phrasing the needs of this branch of the armed forces, or indeed any of the branches of the United States armed forces? The U.S. Navy sends its men into environments that are extraordinary, and place extraordinary demands on its personnel. Similarly durable operating hardware is necessary to ensure that the brave individuals who serve are able to do their duty and minimize all of the possible and very real risks to their physical persons. Computer operating systems must support, not pose additional risks, to their missions.
Operating Systems
One of these "rugged examples" is the Smart Ship concept, recently employed and adopted by the navy to increase efficiency upon ships and reduce risks to military personnel. It was also intended to cope...
To make its ships "smart," the Navy replaced, over the course of the 1990's, obsolete ship systems with modern commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) systems that integrated various applications, workflows, and communications. (Intergraph, 2004)
These COTS included multipurpose workstations, consoles, and displays to Navy engineering organizations such as the Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station (NAVSSES) for installation on aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, mine warfare vessels, and other ship types. Part of the Naval Surface Warfare Caderock Division (NSWCCD), NAVSSES is the Navy's in-service engineering agent for all hull, mechanical, and electrical ship systems, as well as a provider of testing and evaluation for these systems.
Applications
Many applications associated with the Smart Ship vision, such as the creation of an integrated bridge system, as well…
Works Cited
Intergraph Solutions Group. (2004). "Rugged Hardware for Harsh Environment." Retrieved on March 18, 2004 at http://solutions.intergraph.com/profiles/rugged.asp
Slabodkin, Gregory. (1998). "Software Glitches." Government News. Retrieved on March 18, 2004 at http://www.gcn.com/archives/gcn/1998/july13/cov2.htm
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