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German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol

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Re: German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol

#101
post #75

I wonder if someone just got super annoyed at having to ask legal to share their documentation with a cooperation partner for export control clearance, that they decided getting it open sourced would be less of a hassle. Now they can freely link anyone to the document.

I 100% support this "loophole"

Re: German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol

#102
post #75

I wonder if someone just got super annoyed at having to ask legal to share their documentation with a cooperation partner for export control clearance, that they decided getting it open sourced would be less of a hassle. Now they can freely link anyone to the document.

This is 100% a valid workflow in DoD/ITAR fields. Suffer once through review, benefit eternally. It's especially important to get one good reviewed spec / presentation out, then all later reviews can be staged w.r.t. that one and are much easier to baseline and pass. That'll be $1000 consulting fee on ITAR compliance.

Isn't $1000 a bit low for compliance consulting fees?

Re: German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol

#103
post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is 100% a valid workflow in DoD/ITAR fields. Suffer once through review, benefit eternally. It's especially important to get one good reviewed spec / presentation out, then all later reviews can be staged w.r.t. that one and are much easier to baseline and pass. That'll be $1000 consulting fee on ITAR compliance.

Isn't $1000 a bit low for compliance consulting fees?

Well given it took me 1 minute to type that, I consider it a loss leader.

Re: German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol

#105
post #4
post #2

First I was excited, then I saw that it's based on DDS.

why the hate on DDS? seems like a perfect fit.

Using DDS to deliver data to X machines over multicast, with some real time (soft) QOS is a powerful solution.

For things like avionics, industrial automation, etc.

I think if the server world ever thought about the advantages of multicast, it might solve some problems there.

There are about 5 viable vendors in this space, and about 6 open source projects out there floating around.

And interoperability between vendors is very good. IMHO.

Re: German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol

#107

Off-topic, but "Rheinmetall" is one of the coolest company names. It's like what a company that builds mechs would be called in an anime.

It will be exhilarating when their robots are pointing guns at us

Just hold up a printout of Mickey Mouse®

Re: German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol

#108

Off-topic, but "Rheinmetall" is one of the coolest company names. It's like what a company that builds mechs would be called in an anime.

    Missouri Metalworks :-|
    Rheinmetal :-O
Literal "Thing, Japan" expect s/Japan/Germany

Re: German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol

#110
post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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