Mosemann Reaffirms Commitment to Ada and
         Gives His Views on Status Software Industry

Dateline: 20 May 94

Lloyd K. Mosemann II, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Communications, Computers and Support Systems, gave Defense Electronics his views on the status of the Ada industry. The following are quotes of Mr. Mosemann's answers to questions about the mandate, promotion, use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products and other languages, reuse libraries, and Air Force priorities for software, funding for advanced software research:

      Mandate: "few requests for waivers have been granted by the
      Air Force."  Mr. Mosemann's office is "reviewing existing
      policy and looking at extensions".  Ada Joint Program Office
      (AJPO) is "providing education and support to Air Force
      organizations who wish to understand how to interpret the
      policy."  

      Ada industry promotion:  "industry has done a better job ...,
      but not much better."  Efforts of Ada Software Alliance,
      SIGAda, and Ada Joint Program Office's (AJPO) Ada Information
      Clearinghouse (AdaIC) and free compiler project are
      noteworthy, but "my greatest disappointment is that these
      limited efforts are not coming from the Ada industry."

      Use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products and other
      languages:  "DoD certainly supports the use of COTS software
      where appropriate."  Other languages can be used if "a strong
      case can be made for why ... another language is better [than
      Ada] from a technical, as well as life-cycle perspective."

      Accessibility of reuse libraries:  "We should strive for the
      widest access possible ... within all the constraints we have
      [budget, legal, etc.]." 

      Air Force priorities for software: "Improve software quality
      through the efficient application of software engineering ...
      build systems with open architectures that are modular, well-
      defined and generic ... buy 'process,' as well as 'product'.",
      funding for advanced software research

      Funding for advanced software research:  Changing current
      emphasis for funding to "test out and stress test new
      technologies and process" may have a powerful effect.  More
      funding for "getting things into use would help lower risk for
      other programs and help incentivize commercialization".  With
      an additional million dollars or two, he would "expedite the
      establishment of a DoD-wide metrics data repository and
      analysis capability."

[Source: "DE Asks," Defense Electronics, pp. 14-15, 1994.]


      Alsys First With Ada Coupled with "pSOSystem" Runtime
          Environment for Motorola MVME162

Dateline: May 20, 1994

Alsys and Integrated Systems, Inc., jointly announced a new version of RISCAda+m targeting the Motorola MVME162 board, Motorola's most popular MC68040-based board.

[Source: Alsys Press Release, 2 May 1994. For more information, contact Pat Michalowski (Alsys) at 619/457-2700; Bruce Sherman (Marketing Consulting) at 619/483-2206, or Martin Chorich (Integrated Systems, Inc.) at 408/980-1500, X359]


Alsys First With Ada for Motorola MVME162


Dateline: May 20, 1994

Alsys, and Motorola Computer Group (MCG) jointly announced that new versions of Alsys' RISCAda SPARC X68K and RISCAdaTRIAD product lines are available to support MCG's MVME162 processor boards.

[Source: Alsys Press Release, 2 May 1994. For more information, contact Pat Michalowski (Alsys) at 619/457-2700; Bruce Sherman (Marketing Consulting) at 619/483-2206, or Terri Thorson (MCG) at 602/438-3287]