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From: Steve Quinlan <steven.quinlan@nospam.lmco.com>
Subject: Re: Another Ada success story
Date: 1999/04/07
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gbooker@acm.org wrote:

> For those not yet aware of it, the Federal Aviation Administration has
> another Ada success story to share.

   Considering I've spent most of the last 5 years working on the DSR project
(and before that on its predecessor), the kudos are appreciated. Yes, Ada is now
helping run the En Route Air Traffic Control system. First site to go fully
operational was Seattle. Others will be coming online in the next year or so.

   Next up (for us at Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Managment) will be our first
Ada 95 project. Based on a prototype written in C and PL/I by MITRE, the
"Conflict Probe" system we are developing gives controllers more new HW and SW
to see predicted positions of aircraft up to 20 min. into the future, get
graphical indications on trajectories when those predicted positions get too
close, and gives graphical tools to aid in planning aircraft course changes to
avoid the "loss of separation" (Air Traffic Control term for planes getting
closer than minimum standards allow).

  Very cool stuff.
                                 Steve Quinlan