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TMCNet: Sun Microsystems Inc: Sun Java Real-Time System Selected for Space Surveillance Radar; Java Technology Enables Real-Time Behavior And Throughput In Aeronautics

[April 14, 2008]

Sun Microsystems Inc: Sun Java Real-Time System Selected for Space Surveillance Radar; Java Technology Enables Real-Time Behavior And Throughput In Aeronautics

(M2 PressWIRE Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
RDATE:14042008

SANTA CLARA, CA -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA), today
announced that ITT Corporation has selected the Sun Java Real-Time
System 2.0 (Java RTS) and the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) as the
software development platform for its Eglin Control and Signal
Processing Upgrade (CSPU) program. More information on Sun Java RTS is
available at: http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/realtime/

The Eglin Space Surveillance Radar (FPS-85), which schedules and tracks
catalogued space objects, is currently undergoing a complex
modernization process to replace legacy mission-critical components
built from one-of-a-kind equipment and custom software. The Sun Java
Real-Time System, a high-level development platform for creating
applications that require unprecedented execution predictability, will
enable ITT to run the new solution using Java technology on Solaris 10
OS and standard hardware.

"Our comprehensive tests have proven that Sun Java RTS running on
Solaris 10 OS meets the real time behavior and throughput requirements
for Eglin Space Surveillance Radar," said Matt Prechtel, ITT's Software
Lead for the project. "We are looking forward to moving to a software
platform based on the Real-Time Specification for Java and are actively
evaluating Java RTS for other projects. Compliance with this open
standard enables us to use off-the-shelf hardware and operating systems
plus offering us a lot more flexibility in terms of solution design."

"We are very excited to see Sun Java RTS and Solaris 10 OS as a core
software platform for ITT's Eglin Space Surveillance Radar project."
said Jeet Kaul, Vice President Client Software Group. "ITT, along with
other companies in industries such as aeronautics, industrial control,
and robotics, are increasingly looking for standards-based, sustainable
solutions that enable excellent predictability and at the same time
help reduce their costs. Java RTS is a great choice for these companies
since it allows developers to write rigorous real-time controls and run
them on the hardware of their choice, at a fraction of the cost - and
in days rather than months of development time."

Sun Java Real-Time System

Sun Java RTS is the first enterprise-class solution to formally address
the issues of latency and unpredictable temporal performance of Java
applications and is fully compliant with the industry standard
Real-Time Specification for Java and with Java Platform Standard
Edition (Java SE). It enables hard, soft, and non-real-time functions
to be combined in one system, while keeping critical latencies as low
as 20 microseconds. Using Sun Java RTS, developers can easily
differentiate processes based on their importance and precisely
determine when time-critical functions should be executed through new,
and innovative memory models. Sun Java RTS takes full advantage of
real-time capabilities of the Solaris 10 OS and runs on more than 900
standard x86 and SPARC hardware platforms supported by this operating
system. The upcoming 2.1 release of Java RTS, (beta version in April),
will also be available on leading mainstream real-time Linux
distributions from Red Hat and Novell.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global
marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the
Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared
innovation, community development and open source leadership. Sun can
be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, Solaris and The Network Is
The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC
trademarks are used under license and are trademarks of SPARC
international, Inc. in the US and other countries. Products bearing
SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun
Microsystems, Inc.

CONTACT: Jacki DeCoster, Press Contact, Sun Microsystems, Inc
Tel: +1 415 294 4482

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