From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: backlog4.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.posted.internetamerica!news.posted.internetamerica.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 May 2014 18:27:28 -0500 From: Robert Love Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 18:27:28 -0500 Message-ID: <2014050518272847412-rblove@airmailnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Air Traffic Control Issue User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 98.194.39.33 X-Trace: sv3-0iHHCXERF/hguTZDkuHnh30DSRwgF4j1OUKwu+DkXUZdOkVZ/mvAr6bfl8qfSrT3Ss5kqYZtUzWESgm!aTX80e6rtqmLChZEMnZEkmhiKFN0qCOSrkgqm4MR1JjpCg1+blFQhOMVgFFU6mcbjNHPKGMlhSzx!Aw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@airmail.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@airmail.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 1864 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:186256 Date: 2014-05-05T18:27:28-05:00 List-Id: >From today's WSJ article on the U2 triggered event in Southern California. Considered the backbone of the nationwide traffic-control upgrade, ERAM replaces a 1970s-era hardware and software system written in a now obsolete programming language and used at many of the 20 'en route' control centers that generally handle altitudes over 10,000 feet. Anybody know what language the old system was written in? It goes on to say: ERAM began in 2002 as a $2.1 billion contract award to Lockheed Martin Corp. But it is already three years late--the FAA now expects it to be installed in the centers by late this year--and the cost has ballooned by $330 million. What is the new system programmed in? I assume it's a mix of languages but I don't know. Anybody know what part of that $2.1 is for software?