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Tornado Advanced Radar Display Information System (TARDIS) (United…
Jane's – Mar 31, 2008
Description Part of the UK Device Software Optimisation (DSO) programme, which aims to implement an open-architecture approach to avionics, the employment of Wind River Systems’ General Purpose Platform, VxWorks Edition software in the Tornado Advanced Radar Display Information System (TARDIS) will facilitate faster and more cost-effective development of advanced software for the system. TARDIS replaces the 1970s-vintage Combined Radar and Projected Map Display (CRPMD) in the rear cockpit with a new radar and map processor on a flat-panel display. Using Wind River’s subscription-based licensing model and integrated platform, BAE Systems developed the necessary advanced software. The VxWorks software provides an underlying operating system to control the radar display, inserting a software foundation between the existing hardware and the display application software to create a ruggedised software platform. The system takes all the input signals (from the radar, map-projector and inertial navigation systems) to present them in the moving-map display.
… Alliance for Safe Homes(R) to Unveil New ‘DIY’ Hurric…
sys-con.com – Mar 31, 2008
hurricane strikes by making preparation planning free, fast and even fun. The tools will be featured at the 2008 National Hurricane Conference during the week of March 31st. The toolkit elements include an animated short video, a “Do It Yourself” (DIY) print publication and an interactive DIY home inspection available at… “Making prevention simple, easy and fun can help protect families before the inevitable return of a busy hurricane season. In addition to introducing its new “DIY” hurricane preparedness toolkit at the National Hurricane Conference, FLASH will be honored as the winner of the 2008 National Hurricane Conference Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mitigation. FLASH’s Achievement Award recognizes the organization for its far-reaching impact on public policy relating to hurricane preparedness and disaster resistant homes. Founded in 1998, the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes — FLASH(R), Inc.
Possible Tornado Destroys Jourdanton Shop
Desastres.org – Mar 31, 2008
- A Jourdanton family is trying to clean up after their business is ripped apart by what they believe was a tornado. Eva Maria Jay and her husband’s business was all but destroyed when the roof was torn from their building. “We were shocked at everything we saw. I was terribly upset. My husband said, ‘Hey we’re here and we got a roof over our head.