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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,3ccb707f4c91a5f2,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: srctran@world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: Once again, Ada absent from DoD SBIR solicitation Date: 1996/10/08 Message-ID: X-Deja-AN: 187477889 organization: The World Public Access Internet, Brookline, MA newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1996-10-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Attached is a list of titles to 79 solicitations in the DoD FY 1997.1 SBIR solicitation. As I pointed out many years ago, there is little to no mention of Ada anywhere in these solicitations. Given that all SBIR is new activities, any programming software related projects MUST be done in Ada, thanks to the Ada Mandate still in force. Given that it would cost the DoD absolutely nothing to include with each such software abstract one additional line such as "Any proposals submitted for this project must use the Ada programming language", one has to ask why the DoD is so apathetic to promoting Ada that it doesn't take advantage of the SBIR process. Here is a chance to foster Ada use in new initiatives, by smaller entrepreneurial companies, and the DoD does absolutely nothing. Indeed the most honest admission of DoD attitudes towards programming languages comes from one of the DARPA projects: DARPA SB971-008 Tools for safe, efficient mobile code in heterogenous network environments "LANGUAGES OF INTEREST ARE NOT LIMITED TO JAVA, BUT MAY INCLUDE OTHER FAMILIAR LANGUAGES SUCH AS C, C++ AND ML." Anything but Ada. Now the last director AJPO lied to my face when he promised to get AJPO to work with the DoD SBIR Program Office to promote Ada in DoD SBIR solicitations, after which AJPO did absolutely nothing, a policy apparently being continued by the current AJPO director (assuming AJPO is even paying attention to such details). It is such an easy thing to do - why isn't it being done? Outside the Mandated world where people are free to choose and spend their own money on programming languages, if AJPO/DISA/DOD was honest enough to honestly measure, Ada use is less than 2 percent of all activities, fifteen years and billions of dollars of DoD Ada monies having been spent. And inside the Mandated world, it isn't too much better, because of the apathy to details as reflected in the ongoing absence of Ada promotion in the DoD SBIR program. Greg Aharonian Source Translation & Optimization TITLES TO DOD FY 1997 SBIR SOLITICATION PROJECTS Projects that are mostly software dependent N97-001 Systems and technologies for future amphibious warface N97-010 Sensor fusion engine N97-038 Registration of forward looking imagery [C/C++] NavAirSysCom N97-040 Design and coupling analysis for conformal antennas N97-041 Next generation real time threat simulator for weapon and EW systems N97-042 Integrated multispectral modeling for surveillance, EW and planning N97-043 Automatic battle damage assessment in remotely sensed imagery N97-046 Multiscale wavelet feature extraction [Mathlab/S-plus] NavAirSysCom N97-050 Use of virtual LANs for multiple level security N97-051 Spherical angular function analysis models for antennas N97-053 Distributed integrated data interface and management N97-057 Advanced display techniques for sonar data presentations N97-062 Mid-frequency statistical energy analysis modeling N97-066 Engineering models of reactive munitions and damage effects N97-070 Distributed EMCON and frequency plan performance monitor N97-077 Atmospheric data assimilation system N97-080 Multi-resolution feature imager N97-087 Covert underwater communications N97-094 SC 21 Ship information system virtual prototyping N97-095 Software for automated electronic classroom implementation AF97-005 Computation tools for design of distributed parameter systems AF97-015 Multi-modal user interface for remote system operation AF79-016 Virtual reality control centers for unmanned aerial vehicles AF97-017 Multi-operator performance aiding by information sharing AF97-018 Decision support system for decision making teams AF97-020 Universal operator state classifier AF97-032 Electromagnetic dosimetric evaluation software AF97-034 Automated player control system AF97-035 Development of authoring tools for internet multimedia training AF97-037 Electronic ground based learning environments AF97-038 Intelligent agents for education and training applications AF97-039 Virtual reality for embedded assessment of personnel characteristics AF97-044 Large scale knowledge base technology AF97-045 Code generation for real time parallel [Jovial,C,Fortran,Ada] AF97-046 Multi-source collaborative distributed information systems AF97-047 Futuristic C5I (collaborative C4) technologies AF97-048 Active intelligent information environments AF97-050 CAD conversion tools for VHDL-MS library generation AF97-060 Information exploitation for identification AF97-061 Advanced data fusion technology AF97-063 Intelligent desktop assistant AF97-064 Single channel spectral characteristics [Matlab] AF97-065 Advanced information extraction tools AF97-066 Exploitation of GPS controlled imagery AF97-077 Anomaly resolution using case-based and/or model-based reasoning AF97-098 Flight track clear air turbulence model AF97-099 Automatic target recognition technology [Khoros] AF97-134 Chaff dispenser location computer model AF97-135 Global positioning system P(Y) code acquisition AF97-136 Avionics modeling and simulation technology AF97-137 Electronic design automation AF97-143 Flight control technology AF97-152 Engineering research flight simulation technologies AF97-201 Tactical kinematic GPS/IMU algorithms AF97-208 Data fusion using the wavelet transform, fractal theory, statistics AF97-237 Automatic telemetry stream data format generation AF97-244 Advanced test software technologies AF97-254 Application of genetic algorithm to optimization problems AF97-256 Advanced distributed C4I simulation capabilities AF97-257 Improved satellite data communication DARPA 971-006 System and security management tools DARPA 971-007 Tools for software system understanding and transformation DARPA 971-008 Tools for safe, efficient, mobile code in networks [Java,C++] DARPA 971-009 Adaptive network security management DARPA 971-010 Tools and environments for high performance systems DARPA 971-029 Rapid ATR model development DARPA 971-033 Dynamic database technology for battlefield awareness DARPA 971-034 Architectural components for semantic interoperability DARPA 971-036 Mixed-initiative information exchange in collective activities