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Windows-based products have not traditionally been associated with Defense Department-specific mission-critical applications. Windows-based software could help the Navy reduce personnel it needs to run a carrier, said Willie Williamson, a retired two-star admiral who be Microsoft Government's business strategy executive director.Williamson commanded the USS Nimitz during Operation Desert Storm, and he commanded the John F. Kennedy Battlegroup during a deployment to the Mediterranean and Pacific less than three years ago.It takes 1, 000 sailors just to get a ship moving, Williamson said.Microsoft software could let the ship's crew know when there be a pending failure in a ship's engineering system, for example, he said.Lockheed Martin will use Microsoft OSes for operator workstations in flight crew ready rooms, as well as systems including radar, aircraft and weapons launchers, sensors, ship network connectivity and aircraft control.