From: Ted Dennison <dennison@escmail.orl.mmc.com>
Subject: Re: How Strict is DOD Ada Requirement?
Date: 1996/03/22
Date: 1996-03-22T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <31531D37.7AFF@escmail.orl.mmc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4iuhsf$hg8@siberia.gtri.gatech.edu
William S Marshall IV wrote:
>
> The Department of Defense is strongly promoting COTS-based streamlined
> acquisition to reduce the cost of weapon system development and
> procurement (COTS => commercial off the shelf). A central facet of
> these cost reduction efforts is the deletion of MIL-SPECS and other
> burdensome Government requirements from some procurement packages.
> Does anyone have any insights or experience as to how this affects the
> mandate to use Ada in DOD systems?
Yes, it changes it immensly. Instead of using MIL-STD-1815A-1983 Ada,
programs are now mandated to use ANSI-STD-1815A-1983 Ada. This ANSI
standard is specified in the document labeled ANSI/MIL-STD-1815A-1983.
(For the sarcasm impared: yes, they are the SAME standard).
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1996-03-22 0:00 How Strict is DOD Ada Requirement? William S Marshall IV
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Ted Dennison [this message]
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-03-23 0:00 ` Jordan Kayloe
1996-03-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-03-25 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
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