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News Release from: AdaCore
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Team on 08 March 2007
Saab signs for Ada development
Saab has signed a corporate wide licensing agreement to adopt the Gnat Pro development environment for projects across the organisation.
Saab, one of the world's leading high-technology companies, has signed a corporate wide licensing agreement to adopt AdaCore's Gnat Pro development environment for projects across the organisation The Eur 340,000 annual agreement provides Saab with a volume subscription for all its developers, rather than access to AdaCore tools and support on a project by project basis
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The agreement, signed by AdaCore's Swedish distributor Asplund Data, demonstrates the importance of the Ada programming language to Saab.
By using Ada Saab benefits from a high-integrity and high-quality programming language that enables it to develop safety-critical systems for projects across the whole group Saab has benefited from AdaCore's combination of an advanced software development environment with expert support for over 7 years.
It is currently being used by around 250 developers on projects that range from the electronic warfare system (EWCS) for the JAS 39 Gripen fighter to the Gforce ship control system and Taurus, MPS and Meteor missiles.
Divisions such as SaabTech, Saab Bofors Dynamics, Saab Microwave Systems, Saab Avitronics, and Saab Systems Pty are currently using Ada and Gnat Pro.
By now standardising on AdaCore Saab will cost-effectively extend these benefits across the entire group.
"This agreement demonstrates the increasing importance of Ada to Saab's development of world-leading defence and avionics systems", commented Franco Gasperoni, Managing Director, AdaCore.
"This is part of a growing trend of companies adopting AdaCore as a corporate standard".
"By moving to an organisation-wide licensing model, they are now benefiting from significant efficiencies and cost-savings as well as access to our advanced tools and support".
Gnat Pro is a robust and flexible Ada development environment based on the Gnu GCC compiler technology.
It comprises a full Ada compiler (including support for Ada 2005), an integrated development environment (GPS, the Gnat Programming Studio), a comprehensive toolset including a visual debugger, and a set of supplemental libraries and bindings.
It is distributed with complete source code, and is backed by rapid and expert support service.
Gnat Pro has been used by industry and government customers worldwide in professional, mission-critical software products ranging from small-footprint real-time embedded applications to large-scale information management systems.
It has been ported to more platforms, both native and embedded, than any other Ada technology.
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