Updated List of Non-governmental Ada projects, formatted better

Updated List of Non-governmental Ada projects, formatted better

[Michael Feldman]

Some Non-Governmental Ada Applications
September 1991

sources: Commercial Ada Users Working Group (CAUWG), 
AdaStrategies, Ada Anthology, published reports, 
vendor newsletters, etc., 

summarized by
Michael B. Feldman
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
202-994-5253
mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu
(on sabbatical at University of Washington, 1991-92)

Here is a list of non-governmental Ada projects of which I am 
aware. Readers are invited to correct or add entries 
and send them to me. The CAUWG chair, Ben Brosgol, can be 
reached at brosgol@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu or (617) 270-0030; Ralph 
Crafts, the editor of Ada Strategies, a commercial Ada-
oriented newsletter, and Ada Anthology, a summary of 
newsletter articles, can be reached at (304) 725-6542.

USA	Boeing: 747-400 subsystem components of cockpit 
        displays, on-board maintenance systems, secondary 
        flight controls

USA	Boneck Printing: job costing system, 40,000 lines, Janus/Ada

USA	Coulter: medical electronics, apparently including pacemakers.

USA	Design Aids: commercial frame-by-frame videotape 
        editing system, 11,000 lines, Janus/Ada

USA	Dimensional Media Systems: Doorway, hypertext 
        "information manager," MS-DOS, Meridian

USA	Dowell-Schlumberger: oil exploration simulation 
        software, 20,000 lines, DEC

USA	General Electric/Weirton Steel: hot steel rolling 
        mill, >600,000 lines, multiple MicroVax-en, DEC Ada

USA	Genesis Software, Inc.: complete bill paying system, 
        250,000 lines, Wang VS, Alsys; ported easily to VAX

USA	HP: hardware CAD system for internal use in chip development

USA	LDS Hospital: medical decision support system, 
        40,000 lines, DOS, Alsys (for NASA, but appears to 
        be commercial-type application)

USA	MAN Truck and Bus Company: multi-state payroll 
        system, Janus/Ada (1982!)

USA	Motorola: cellular phone switch testing system, 
        >100,000 lines, Alsys and TeleSoft.

USA	PC-based programmer for embedded medical products.

USA	Reuters: transaction processing for Chicago 
        Mercantile Exchange, >250,000 lines, interfaces to 
        commercial DBMS

USA	Rockwell: Fokker F100 Multi-Function Display System, 
        33,000 lines, Irvine Compilers

USA	Rockwell: Advanced Railroad Electronic System (real-
        time tracking and communications with trains)

USA	Rollins Leasing (national leader in truck leasing 
        and vehicle management): integrated fuel management 
        system, Janus/Ada.

USA	Wells-Fargo Investment Advisors (WFNIA): real-time 
        investment database system, 50,000 lines, DEC/VAX.

USA	Xerox: digital systems division commitment to use 
        Ada for embedded copier software.

Chile	Empresa Nacional de Aeronautica (ENAER): real-time 
        avionics system, Data General/TeleSoft.

Finland Nokia Information Systems: online banking systems, 
        2,000,000 lines, uses Ada as its standard 
        programming language.

France	CMG: turnkey signal processing, industrial automation.

France	Euristic Systems: expert system to manage continuous 
        data acquisition, ApolloDomain network, Alsys.

France	GEC Alsthom: fully-committed to Ada for railroad 
        subsystems including French high-speed train (TGV) 
        network and Channel Tunnel.

France	SEMA Group: software to control nuclear power plant.

France	Strategies: CADWIN, PC-based CAD/CAM product, 
        300,000 lines, Alsys.

France	Thomson-CSF: Air Traffic Control systems in 
        Copenhagen, Kenya, Pakistan, simulators in 
        Switzerland, Ireland, more ATC systems coming. 
        300,000 lines, DG/MV10000

France	TOTAL (oil company): computer-assisted extraction of 
        oil products, bare 68020, 300,000 lines, Alsys.

Germany	dSpace: tools to control fast systems such as hard 
        disks, vehicle suspensions, robots, Alsys.

Holland	Royal Dutch Post and Telecom: PC-based system for 
        control and monitoring of public telecommunication 
        service, 20,000 lines, Alsys.

Japan	Nippon Telephone and Telegraph: videotex 
        communication system, mobile communication system, 
        satellite communication system, database management 
        system; all commercially available; >2,000,000 lines.

Spain	Teice Control, SA: control system for 40 buildings 
        in industrial area of Madrid Airport (A/C, power 
        supply, fire: detection, etc.)

Sweden	ESAB: robotic welding stations for use in flexible 
        manufacturing systems, TeleSoft, Vax and 680x0

Sweden	Volvo: materials handling system (robotic parts 
        carts), TeleSoft.

Sweden	Color display element of hospital building control 
        and monitoring system: 1600 I/O channels, 200 
        dynamic color displays, lots of tasking, Meridian.

Sweden	Swedish Telecom: telephone switch controller (PABX), VAX.

UK	Avantek: Access Mac (lets MS DOS disk drives read, 
        write, format Macintosh disks), 16,000 lines, 1 man-year, Janus/Ada.

UK	CORAL: DACMAN, simulation and data monitoring system 
        for auto engines, IBM PC, 80,000 lines of code, Alsys, Meridian.

UK	GeoMatrix: PC demographics research system, 60,000 lines, Alsys.

UK	Orbitel Mobile Communications: cellular phone base station, Alsys.

UK	Process Plant and Chemicals: chemical process 
        control systems, >20,000 lines, PC compatibles, Alsys.

UK	Univ. of Southampton, modeling of deep: sea 
        ecosystem, IBM 3090, 2000 lines, Alsys.