While looking at the SIGAda 2000 web site, I notice that the role of Ada in
defense applications is minimized (even after the explicit requirements in
this area were dropped). For example, the list of "recent" successful
Ada-based systems includes only commercial projects, some five years old,
although one of the most recent Ada success stories occurred just a few days
ago (October 24). I also notice that an interview last year with Tucker Taft
included the statement "These days we�re focused mostly on commercial
success stories..." I can understand wanting to promote commercial
applications, but isn't this going a little overboard?

http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigada/conf/sigada2000/
http://206.144.247.86/vol18_no18/interview/118-1.html
http://www.lmaeronautics.com/news/press/jsf/jsf_1stflight.html