CSEIC News Briefs, W/E Sept. 12, 1997

CSEIC News Briefs, W/E Sept. 12, 1997

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Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs
Week Ending:  September 12, 1997

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CONTENTS:
OC SYSTEMS ADA COMPILERS AVAILABLE ON I-CASE CONTRACT
GNAT MAINTENANCE SUPPORT AVAILABLE ON I-CASE CONTRACT
FREE GNAT SUPPORT LICENSES
COMMON OPERATING ENVIRONMENT A KEY TO FACTORY 2001

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OC SYSTEMS ADA COMPILERS AVAILABLE ON I-CASE CONTRACT
Topic: Ada

In response to a request from the Defense Information Systems Agency's 
Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO), Logicon has added the Ada product line 
of OC Systems to Logicon's Integrated Computer-Aided Software Engineering 
(I-CASE) contract.  Federal Government users can purchase OC Systems' 
PowerAda, PowerAda/LynxOS and Legacy Ada/370 products, maintenance 
support and training from OC Systems via the I-CASE contract.

Information on how to use the I-CASE contract to purchase OC Systems Ada 
products, maintenance support and training is available from:

Logicon I-CASE Marketing and Sales, 2100 Washington Boulevard, Arlington, 
VA, 22204; mailto:icase@logicon.com; phone 703-312-2587, fax 
703-486-8554, contact Charles Sibre.

OC Systems Marketing Manager, 9990 Lee Highway, Suite 270, Fairfax, VA, 
22030; mailto:mlk@ocsystems.com; phone 703-359-9705, fax 703-359-8161, 
contact Michelle Kunz.

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GNAT MAINTENANCE SUPPORT AVAILABLE ON I-CASE CONTRACT
Topic: Ada

At the request of the Ada Joint Program Office (AJPO), Logicon has added 
GNAT compiler maintenance support from Ada Core Technologies (ACT) to 
Logicon's Integrated Computer-Aided Software Engineering (I-CASE) 
contract.  Federal Government users of the freeware GNAT compiler can 
purchase maintenance support.  Maintenance support, at $1,200 each, is 
for one year and provides ACT's commercial support.

Information on how to use the I-CASE contract to purchase ACT's GNAT 
maintenance support is available from:

Logicon I-CASE Marketing and Sales, 2100 Washington Boulevard, Arlington, 
VA, 22204; mailto:icase@logicon.com; phone 703-312-2587, contact Charles 
Sibre.

Ada Core Technologies, 73 Fifth Avenue, Suite 11B, New York, NY, 
10003-3030; mailto:sales@gnat.com; ACT Web site at http://www.gnat.com; 
phone 212-620-7300 ext 117, contact Ms. Nancy Cruz.

Information on the current list of platforms supporting GNAT may also be 
accessed at the ACT Web site:  http://www.gnat.com.
 
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FREE GNAT SUPPORT LICENSES
Topic:  Ada

The Ada Joint Program Office has purchased a limited amount of GNAT 
compiler support licenses that AJPO will make available, at no cost, to 
qualifying DOD program managers, developers and trainers for DOD Ada 95 
initiatives.  Submission of a Customer Profile Statement describing the 
Ada 95 initiative and government points of contacts will be used to judge 
acceptance.  Until the level of GNAT maintenance support demand is 
identified, at this time, the AJPO contemplates furnishing support 
licenses for up to 3 programmers per project.  Ada Core Technologies 
requires support licenses for all persons on the project who author or 
modify Ada source code that will be passed through the Ada compiler.

To request a free allocation from the AJPO send the following information 
to Gary Shupe at mailto:shupeg@ncr.disa.mil or U.S. mail at Center For 
Computer Systems Engineering, Code JEXH, Attention: Gary Shupe, 5600 
Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-2717.

1.  DOD Organization Name and Organization Address.
2.  Administrative Point of Contact with Phone and Fax numbers, and e-mail 
address.
3.  Technical Point of Contact with Phone and Fax numbers, and e-mail address
DOD Project Name.
4.  Project Synopsis. 

It is expected the usage of the GNAT support and the successful usage of 
Ada 95 by the DOD Ada 95 initiative will be publicized by the AJPO.

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COMMON OPERATING ENVIRONMENT A KEY TO FACTORY 2001
Topic: DII, COE

The Factory 2001 concept is a method to help the military build software 
that uses a product line while it works with the unique requirements and 
challenges faced in the production of defense software.

A fundamental element of Factory 2001's operating environment is the 
DOD's formation of the Common Operating Environment (COE).  The COE is the 
source of ingredients from which Factory 2001 builds its software--sort 
of a repository of repositories.  The COE contains the Factory's software 
engineering environment (SEE).  The SEE is the repository of tools to 
build software. The COE also contains the definitions and training 
materials for each component of the standard software engineering process.

The COE concept is catching on within the DOD and will expedite the 
enabling of Factory 2001.

SOURCE:  Cooper & Sherer, "A Software Factory for the Year 2001," 
Crosstalk, September 1997, v10, n9, pp. 23-26.

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