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: 103376,3a4656a5edc0dab4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: controlnews3.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news-peer0-test!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: "Martin Dowie" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada used in General Aviation (GA) applications? Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 20:12:41 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Message-ID: References: <87hduoynoq.fsf@insalien.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: host81-152-56-112.range81-152.btcentralplus.com X-Trace: sparta.btinternet.com 1084306361 28737 81.152.56.112 (11 May 2004 20:12:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 20:12:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Xref: controlnews3.google.com comp.lang.ada:453 Date: 2004-05-11T20:12:41+00:00 List-Id: "Martin Dowie" wrote in message news:af783afe.0405110329.2f2352a5@posting.google.com... > Ludovic Brenta 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. Sorry that's Def-Stan-0055/56 that has the recommendations