BAE Systems Selects Wind River to Develop Tempest Advanced Combat Air System

BAE Systems Selects Wind River to Develop Team Tempest Advanced Air Combat System

Wind River, a leading global provider of software for intelligent systems, recently announced that it has been selected by BAE Systems as a partner in the "Team Tempest" future combat air system program and will provide support for technology verification work.

“We are honored to be working with BAE Systems,” said Avijit Sinha, chief product officer at Wind River. “Our technology is industry-leading, and this collaboration demonstrates Wind River’s continued leadership in safety-critical, real-time software solutions for avionics.”

Wind River Software has been used by more than 360 customers in more than 600 security projects in more than 100 civil, military and aerospace systems, providing innovative technologies to solve a large number of practical business problems.

BAE Systems will use the VxWorks 653 platform in Wind River Studio, a cloud-native platform for the development, deployment, operation and services of mission-critical intelligent systems, in conjunction with the DO-178C DAL B safety certification evidence package and AdaCore GNAT Pro Assurance, to support the Team Tempest live technology validation program.

The results of a recent survey show that the aerospace and defense market is currently in urgent need of building the most complete intelligent systems. Remote edge computing and real-time simulation capabilities are the two most important features for the future success of intelligent systems. For this industry, the ability to make accurate and fast decisions in high-risk scenarios is critical, and artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly important related investment.

Team Tempest is a technology initiative funded by the RAF Rapid Capabilities Office and UK industrial partners to advance combat air technology. BAE Systems is a founding member.

The Team Tempest future air combat system will combine advanced technology capabilities, including artificial intelligence, which will create opportunities for manned or unmanned flight technology, and use swarming technology to control drones. Team Tempest is currently in the concept and evaluation stage and is expected to achieve initial operational capability in the mid-2030s.

VxWorks 653 is a safety-critical platform with a COTS safety-certified package that reduces technology project risk and has been proven in the most challenging safety-critical applications, making it easier and more economical for technology vendors to meet the stringent safety certification requirements of EN 50128, IEC 61508, ISO 26262, DO-178C and ED-12C.