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From: martin.dowie@btopenworld.com (Martin Dowie)
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Subject: Re: Ada used in General Aviation (GA) applications?
Date: 11 May 2004 04:29:37 -0700
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Ludovic Brenta <ludovic.brenta@insalien.org> wrote in message news:<87hduoynoq.fsf@insalien.org>...
> I happen to work in that particular market.  Barco makes cockpit
> displays.  The vast majority of the software is written in Ada; it is
> my understanding that Ada is still mandatory for DO-178B
> certification, but I may be wrong on this.  Now the general aviation
> market is only a part of the markets that Barco addresses, and usually
> GA aircraft tend to be on the higher end of the spectrum (i.e. at
> least turboprop, not piston-engined).

DO-178B has never mandated Ada - but has 'highly recommended' it.