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		VladRussian on Oct 7, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone f... >I guarantee UAV's are not running XP or Windows 2000. The government has heard of things called RTOS. Of course. There is Windows NT for _that_ : http://www.theragens.com/misc/MR%20-%20Windows%20NT%20Real-T...

daeken on Oct 8, 2011 [–]

Soft real-time systems aren't used for things like drones. Look at things like INTEGRITY from Green Hills for that sort of task: http://www.ghs.com/customers/bae_herti.html

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