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The Navy is About to Spend $34 Million to Switch Their Drones Over to Linux

By Max Eddy 2012-06-11T11:42:18-04:00.

A new contract announced last Wednesday should give all Linux users a warm feeling, as the Navy has decided to make the open source OS the foundation for its drone fleet. All it will cost is about $34 million for the entire fleet of MQ-8B Firescouts. No word if they'll be getting Tux decals too.