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BAE Systems’ RAD6000® computer is a radiation-hardened, low-cost, high-performance computer that provides powerful and flexible solutions for avionics, launch, and space applications.
This 32-bit, reduced-instruction-set computer is used by the defense, military, and scientific communities. The RAD6000 computer has been the single control and data computer used on the Mars Pathfinder satellite lander through flight, landing, and on-Mars functions. Other notable programs include the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and other spacecraft including Coriolis, Messenger, Swift, and Stereo. Nearly 200 RAD6000 computers are now in orbit on nearly 100 satellites.
The software user’s guide describes the system software for the RAD6000-based processor boards, and the development tools available to write application-level software for those boards. The system software includes Wind River Systems’ VxWorks operating system, and one or more board support packages. These packages include startup code, device drivers, and other customizations targeted for a particular board. The software development system is the AdaMULTI tool set from Green Hills Software.
For more information, please contact:
Brian Orlowsky
9300 Wellington Road
Manassas, Virginia 20110
+1 703 367 2692
brian.orlowsky@baesystems.com
Further information
Attachments
- RAD6000® Space Computer brochure
- 319 KB [pdf]
- RAD6000 6U CompactPCI® data sheet
- 229 KB [pdf]
