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=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,e595f026ba3623cf,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-11 12:10:22 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!world!srctran From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: 1995 DOD SBIR very barely mentions Ada Message-ID: Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 15:46:21 GMT Date: 1994-10-11T15:46:21+00:00 List-Id: Once again, the DoD sends out a clear signal about its apathy towards Ada. Yes, it is my review of the annual SBIR program solicitation, the 1995 guide which I just received. What follows is a list of 42 of the projects for which software is a significant component, AND AGAIN FOR THE N-TH YEAR IN A ROW, ADA IS BARELY MENTIONED. Out of the 42 projects, only one explicitly mentions Ada (and hilariously so - it is not for software engineering but for some chemical measuring instrument). Another proposal explicitly mentions Fortran, while all the others mention no language, many of which can be done as easily in Ada as any other language. But once again, the DoD blows an opportunity to help promote Ada. I mean, the apathy is so great that they didn't even bother to put in a statement for these projects as weak and limpid as the following: "Proposals that use Ada will be viewed more favorably". Not that the proposals have to use Ada (as if there was a Mandate existing), or that the proposers know how to spell Ada, but just that the DoD might give Ada proposals more attention. Whatever, because of the DoD's apathy to Ada, like many other SBIRs, this current guide is nearly Ada-free - a clear signal that the majority of the DoD has no intention of paying attention to the Ada Mandate. It is these types of exploratory projects that are allowed to be done in any language that grow into systems that aren't in Ada. Even worse, last year when I pointed this out in the 1994 SBIR, Don Reifer and many others at DISA tripped all over themselves promising that this would never happen again, that future SBIRs would include Ada for all relevant software projects. Nice lie. Talk all you want about how much you all love Ada and the Ada Mandate, but your actions (or inactions) speak much louder. Greg Aharonian ==================== List of software related titles from the 1995 DOD SBIR NAVY Exploiting Chaos for Signal Processing Automatic Data Fusion Display Wavelet Techniques for Compression of Acoustics Processing Signals Virtual Reality Intelligent Interface for Mission Rehearsal Automated Feature Extrusion for Photo-real Perspective Scenes Quick Response Terrain Visualization Spatial Acoustic Sound for Virtual Environment Applications Advanced Automatic Test System Resources Combat System Interface Simulation Low Light Level Color Imaging with Image Processing Develop Active/Passive Data Fusion Operator Associate Radar Simulation for MSDOS AIR FORCE New Chemometric Techniques for Analytical Chemistry and Sensor Data (Ada) Automated Instructional Environments C4I Systems/Subsystems Business Process Reengineering Tools Innovative C3I Technologies Signal Processing for Information Enhancement Multisensor Fusion Processing AI/Expert System Pre-Processor for Computational Electromagnetics Large Scale Computing System Failure Effect Analyzer Event Representation for Advanced Techniques in Information Processing Information Extraction from Text Through Application of Advanced Techniques High Performance Intelligent Information Systems System/Software Quality Advanced Visualization Techniques for Parallel Software Development Real-Time Pattern Recognition using Compressed Video Composite Mission Simulator Standard Multispectral Environment Represenations within Software Structural Model Framework Electronic Design Automation Modeling and Simulation of MMICs and Interconnects in Microwave Packages Training Fire Fighters Through Virtual Reality Applications Engineering Flight Simulator Technologies Internal Real-Time Distributed Object Management System Integrated Tools for Technology Assessment and Development Planning Automated Methodology for Balancing Avionics Requirements and LCC Model Integration through Intelligent Data Parsing and Management Efficient Methods for Finite Element Data Storage (Fortran) Anechoic Chamber Computer Software Model Simulation Large Volume, High Speed, Data Management Technology BMDO Computer Architecture, Algorithms, and Language