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-Thread: 103376,888b7b8e9f905aec X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!atl-c03.usenetserver.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) References: <4ZZue.12291$eM6.11698@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net> <42BC7F76.B648BCA5@raytheon.com> In-Reply-To: <42BC7F76.B648BCA5@raytheon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:59:18 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.22.31 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1119787158 209.165.22.31 (Sun, 26 Jun 2005 04:59:18 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 04:59:18 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:11665 Date: 2005-06-26T11:59:18+00:00 List-Id: When you start googling this up, you see all sorts of players involved. General Dynamics (because of the Future Combat System), Harris, Motorola, etc. It sounds vaguely similar to technology being used in cell phones. I wish I could turn up some resources that discuss it on a more technical level. I can't figure out how easy or hard it would be for a small group of entrepeneurs to develop something that might play in that field - and possibly give Ada a boost in the process. Qualcomm got started that way.... MDC Jerry Petrey wrote: > > We have just begun to work with JTRS on my project but Raytheon overall has > been heavily involved with it for some time. > Definitely some work is being done in Ada. The Army in Huntsville has done > some good work on VMF (Variable Format Messages) handling software in Ada that > they will share with DOD contractors. We are looking at it to support some > upcoming demos. > I agree with you that it is a good place for Ada to get a foothold. > -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m o d c @ a m o g c n i c . r "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried." -- G. K. Chesterton ======================================================================