Ada USED TO UPGRADE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM

The Loral Corp. has used Ada in its upgrade of the nation's air traffic control system. The software, released in November, is designed to run new advanced computer work- stations that will replace old displays and computers.

Loral Air Traffic Control of Rockville, Md., released software written primarily in Ada and consisting of about 441,000 source lines of code for the Display System Replacement (DSR) program, and also finished software for the DSR support system, with an additional 136,000 source lines of code.

The DSR was approved in September, 1995 by the U.S Federal Aviation Administration. Common system interfaces, communications networks and operational procedures will link all of the facilities to support the FAA's En Route Air Traffic Control mission.

SOURCE:
Keller, John,"Loral finishes air traffic control code," Military and Aerospace Electronics, January 1996, 6.

TWO COMMERCIAL COMPANIES RELEASE Ada 95 COMPILERS

OC Systems has released PowerAda AIX, Version 2.2. The compiler's host and target computer is the IBM RS/6000 model 7012-G30 (under AIX 4.1). Also released by OC Systems was PowerAda LynxOS, Version 2.2. The compiler's host is also the IBM RS/6000 model 7012-G30; its target computer is the Motorola PowerStack MT 603-66 (under LynxOS 2.3).

Thomson Software Products has released Object Ada for Intel Windows NT, Version 7.0. The host and target computer is the Micron Powerstation (Pentium 120)(under Windows NT 3.5). Thomson also released Object Ada for Windows 95, Version 7.0. The host and target computer is the Micron PowerStation (Pentium 120)(under Windows 95, 4.00.950).

SOURCE:
Ada Information Clearinghouse, adainfo@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us, http:// sw-eng.falls-church.va.us, 1-800/232-4211.

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