Re: Mil question.

[Jeffrey Carter <jeffrey.carter@boeing.com>]

John McCabe wrote:
> 
> Ada is heavily used in ESA Projects. For example on Envisat-1 (to be
> launched on Friday last time I looked) Ada was mandated by the prime
> contractor (although there were get-out clauses when required). Most
> of the instrument software is probably in Ada. The main instrument,
> ASAR, that I worked on at Matra Marconi Space has pretty much all of
> its software written in Ada.

Ada is also used on the space shuttle and ISS.

> In aerospace, many engine management systems, flight computers and
> avionic equipment is programmed in Ada, especially for military
> systems (e.g. EuroFighter Typhoon, F22) and commercial airliners such
> as the Boeing 777.

Also Airbus A340.

> 
> It is also used in the TGV somewhere and I believe there is a fair bit
> in the London Docklands Light Railway.

Also Paris Metro and New York City subway.


-- 
Jeffrey Carter