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I was not surprised when the news ran a story[0] around two years ago about the B-2 bombers getting computer soft- and hardware upgrades. > “We’re re-hosting t
by yoo1I 10y ago
I was not surprised when the news ran a story[0] around two years ago about the B-2 bombers getting computer soft- and hardware upgrades.
> “We’re re-hosting the flight management control processors, the brains of the airplane, onto a much more capable integrated processing unit. We’re lying in some new fiber optic cable as opposed to the mix bus cable we are using right now. The B-2’s computers from the 80s are getting maxed out and overloaded with data,” Single said.[0]
[0] http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/06/25/b-2-bomber-set-to-receive-massive-upgrade/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/06/25/b-2-bomber-set-to-receive-...
- sandworm101 10y agoYa, but what's the air conditioner running on? Flight management is the shiny end of things. How does the mechanic on the ground talk to the hydraulic system to perform a check?
- patrickg_zill 10y agoThere is an entire programming language called ATLAS that still runs on a lot of different computers. I assume the hydraulics could be tested with that.
- neurotech1 10y agoIf only the writers [0] of Silicon Valley had experience with the software for ground support equipment on aircraft like the F/A-18. Actually, most of the F-22s still use i960MX [1] processors and I've heard funny stories about the techs raiding old laser printers to find spare chips for the ground diagnostic equipment. [0] http://www.wired.com/2014/04/mike-judge-silicon-valley/ http://www.wired.com/2014/04/mike-judge-silicon-valley/ [1] http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/print/volume-12/issue-5/news/f-22-avionics-designers-rely-on-obsolescent-electronics-but-plan-for-future-upgrades.html http://www.militaryaerospace.com/articles/print/volume-12/is...