modular, open, secure, safe software platforms

DECADES OF SERVICE

Lynx has a rich history of delivering proven solutions to builders of advanced mission critical software systems for national defense. Whether on the land or in the sea, in the air or out in space, our technologies form the software foundation for deployed systems all over the world that keep people safe and protect our allied national interests.

Systems deployed in high-threat environments such as fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), stealth ocean vessels, military transport vehicles, and helicopters—all of them examples of systems running on Lynx software—require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability. But as systems grow increasingly complex, so too grows the difficulty in delivering adaptable, deterministic, connected and safe open solutions at sustainable lifetime costs.

That is why the world's leading providers of software systems to military and government end users have increasingly trusted Lynx; because of our proven record of delivering innovative platform solutions that meet project requirements while reducing project costs and cutting time to market.

STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS

From its inception, Lynx has embraced open standards such as UNIX and POSIX®. Our solutions enable developers of embedded applications to leverage the reuse of existing code, 3rd-party commercial solutions, and open-source applications seamlessly, with unrivaled interoperability and portability among the various platforms. We are also active in industry committees and groups that shape and maintain standards—such as Open Group Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Consortium, ensuring that our customers’ needs are met by the standards we support, keeping our open systems current as standards evolve.

More specifcally, LynxOS-178 is compliant to FACE™ (Future Airborne Capability Environment ) v3.1. for three processor architectures (Arm, PowerPC and x86). LynxOS-178 also conforms to the ARINC 653-1 Application Executive Software (APEX) Interface.

LynxOS-178 is also the only real-time operating system (RTOS) awarded a Reusable Software Component (RSC) certificate from the FAA. 

LynxSecure , the software foundation for the LYNX MOSA.ic™ , was designed to satisfy real-time, high assurance computing requirements used to regulate military and industrial computing environments, such as NIST, NSA Common Criteria (NIAP), and NERC CIP.

LYNX MOSA.ic has been certified to DO-178C DAL A, with the RTOS being certified multiple times to this level across all three supported processor architectures.