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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4c180623018a88ff X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-09-29 18:22:30 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!netnews.com!howland.erols.net!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <39D35D4B.827BE795@worldnet.att.net> <39D3F64C.B79BF9DD@swbell.net> <34TA5.719$Sa.37905@news.flash.net> <39D4E9A8.4315F696@swbell.net> Subject: Re: Jobs at Lockheed Martin X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 01:22:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.215.67.228 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 970276921 216.215.67.228 (Fri, 29 Sep 2000 20:22:01 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 20:22:01 CDT Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:888 Date: 2000-09-30T01:22:01+00:00 List-Id: "John Magness" wrote in message news:39D4E9A8.4315F696@swbell.net... > > My error. go to www.careerMozaic.com I did just now -- search on Ada" -- & > Texas for the state. > 47 hits, 3 or 4 were bogus (American Disabilities Act, etc.) but approximately > 40 of them are for LM in Dallas/Ft. Worth. And many of those are for the F-16. > Which block was the first to use a digital flight computer? I worked on the > flight simulators simulators for aircraft blocks 30, 40, and 50 in the late 80's > and recall no mention of a digital flight computer. But, hey -- that doesn't > mean allot. The digital flight control computer was an upgrade for the Block 40 configuration. First flight was in 1987. See http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archives/1997/articles/jul_97/jul4_97_p.html http://www.flash.net/~kennieg/dflcsff.jpg http://www.flash.net/~kennieg/dflcs.jpg The production F-16 digital flight control computer is currently programmed in the JOVIAL language, whereas the F-22 digital flight control system is programmed in Ada. > Also several months ago there were several congratulatory postings on this > ng (due to the use of Ada) about delivering the first F-16s equipped with > digital flight computers to the USAF. I am confused. I believe you're thinking of the F-16 MMC (Modular Mission Computer), which is an upgrade to the (already-digital) airborne mission avionics. Part of this upgrade was to implement the mission algorithms in Ada. See http://www.lmtas.com/News/Press/F16/f16pr000706.html The digital flight control computer is an entirely separate system.