Re: Future of the mandate to use Ada

Re: Future of the mandate to use Ada

[Ken Garlington]

Bill Nielsen wrote:
> 
> Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Lloyd Mosemann, II
> writes in the preface to Guidelines for Successful Acquisition and
> Management of Software-Intensive Systems (June 1996): "... as DoD moves
> from mandating Ada to preferring Ada (the first choice is good, existing
> COTS) ...".
> 
> This statement, coupled with the fact that for the past two years I have
> been aware of several DoD programs using C++ instead of Ada, leads me to
> wonder if DoD is being more liberal in granting waivers and is considering
> removing or relaxing the Ada mandate, which I understand is still in
> effect.

The statement reflects current DoD direction, as described in the 5000 series
of directives (recently released). It is also consistent with the _old_ DoD
policy, which did not require Ada for COTS. The 5000 series defines when waivers
should be granted.

> 
> Thank you in advance for any information you have that clarifies this
> issue.
> 
> Bill Nielsen
> bnielsen@logicon.com

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