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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,325c54deb91283fd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-04-24 08:38:51 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3EA80509.9C009BED@raytheon.com> From: Jerry Petrey <"jdpetrey"@raytheon.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en]C-CCK-MCD CSC;Raytheon (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada in Iraq References: <20030423221830.04525.00000025@mb-m29.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:38:49 -0700 NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.24.93.55 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: dfw-service2.ext.raytheon.com 1051198730 147.24.93.55 (Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:38:50 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 10:38:50 CDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:36482 Date: 2003-04-24T08:38:49-07:00 List-Id: BurnsedBW wrote: > In article , > 18k11tm001@sneakemail.com (Russ) writes: > > >I have a question for someone with extensive knowledge of military > >software. What percentage of the military equipment used in the recent > >war in Iraq was programmed in Ada? I don't care about exact figures, I > >just want good ballpark estimates. Let's break it down as follows: > > At least the following systems, of which I have personal knowledge, > are/were written (and fielded) in Ada: the ATACMS missile (part of > MLRS family), the MLRS launcher, and (yes!) the PAC-3 missile. > > ----- > BwB It is also used on some of our missiles, the JSOW and Paveway, in particular, as well as on the Apache and Comanche helicopters, Longbow missile, F-16 and F-18 fighters, B1 bomber, C17, and C130J transports to name a few more applications. Jerry -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Jerry Petrey -- Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Navigation (GPS/INS), Guidance, & Control -- Raytheon Missile Systems - Member Team Ada & Team Forth -- NOTE: please remove in email address to reply ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------