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From: campbell@aero.org (L. Andrew Campbell)
Subject: Re: Another Ada success story
Date: 1999/04/09
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Date: 1999-04-09T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <370B5B48.D94CEA52@nospam.lmco.com>,
Steve Quinlan  <steven.quinlan@nospam.lmco.com> wrote:
>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
>


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