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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fec54,d78446895d1cb3b0 X-Google-Attributes: gidfec54,public X-Google-Thread: 108abf,670aa2795fbf5078 X-Google-Attributes: gid108abf,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d78446895d1cb3b0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Tarver Engineering" Subject: Re: Boeing Begins Flight Testing F-22 Block 3S Avionics Date: 2000/04/27 Message-ID: <39084bdf_1@news4.newsfeeds.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 616352945 X-Report: Please report illegal or inappropriate use to You may also use our online abuse reporting from: http://www.newsfeeds.com/abuseform.htm References: <390721ce_4@news4.newsfeeds.com> <1JHN4.122$wb7.9308@news.flash.net> <39074a04_3@news4.newsfeeds.com> <17IN4.169$wb7.9885@news.flash.net> X-Trace: 27 Apr 2000 09:17:03 -0500, 208.145.132.187 Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com 73,000+ UNCENSORED Newsgroups. X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Comments: This message was posted through Newsfeeds.com Newsgroups: rec.aviation.military,comp.lang.ada,alt.non.sequitur X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Comments2: IMPORTANT: Newsfeeds.com does not condone, nor support, spam or any illegal or copyrighted postings. X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers, INCLUDING the body (DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS) X-Comments3: IMPORTANT: Under NO circumstances will postings containing illegal or copyrighted material through this service be tolerated!! Date: 2000-04-27T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Ken Garlington wrote in message news:17IN4.169$wb7.9885@news.flash.net... > > "Tarver Engineering" wrote in message > news:39074a04_3@news4.newsfeeds.com... > > > > > > Ah, now I see what's been confusing you! > > > > I am not in the least confused Ken and in fact it is yourself that has had > > to make major modifications to your original statements to maintain any > kind > > of credibility. > > a) Cite "major modifications"? You were advertising 4004 with Version 3 software for May and now that might happen sometime in January. > b) If you're not confused, then I assume the strange claim that there's a > sudden 5+ month slip in the F-22 The slip is far worse than 5 months Ken. Lockheed is now sometime into January to start testing what must be completed before any production F-22 are purchased. > > > The designation "4004" refers to an _airframe_. Block 3S refers to a > > > _software configuration_. Although not all software configurations are > > > compatible with all airframes, there is not a one-to-one correspondence. > > > > So in fact the software suite fails the first test of Ada > transportability. > > Actually, no. Aircraft 4001-4003 do not have a CIP (Common Integrated > Processor) installed, nor do they have all of the sensors that are installed > in the later aircraft. Ada's good, but no software language can compensate > for missing hardware. In other words, if you select the "print" function in > your favorite software package, and you have no printer, only a crazy person > (Q.E.D.) would complain about the software. Actually nearly any software can do a system generation and run fine with missing hardware. > > Why thank you Mr. Garlington for helping those of us at ram understand > > Software, > > You're quite Welcome. I know that some people have difficulty using the > Internet (e.g., being unable to locate references on the Wall Street Journal > website), Only yourself. John So there you have it folks, on the extreme off chance that nothing else goes wrong between now and fiscal 2002 we might see a production F-22. From the performance of the program thus far this is unlikely. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----