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News Release from: AdaCore | Subject: Gnat Pro High-Integrity Edition for DO-178B
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 March 2008
Flight control systems to be safe and
secure
Gnat Pro High-Integrity Edition for DO-178B supports the development of safety-critical and security-critical applications for embedded systems, servers and workstations.
The Indian Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) has chosen AdaCore's Gnat Pro High-Integrity Edition for DO-178B Ada environment to be used by AdaCore's partner Mistral Solutions to create new safety-critical flight control systems that will underpin advanced Indian defence programmes The partnership was chosen over the competition due to the combination of Mistral's development experience and strong customer support, the safety-critical aspects of the Ada language and AdaCore's knowledge, superior development environment and close integration with Wind River's operating software
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Mistral will use Gnat Pro High-Integrity Edition for DO-178B on the project, which aims to develop avionics flight control systems that will become the standard within multiple applications for the Indian Ministry of Defence.
It began in April 2007 and is scheduled to last 14 months.
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The project will run on VME PPC-based single board computers using Wind River Systems' VxWorks 6 operating system.
"This new project demonstrates that Ada is now the language of choice for developing safety-critical avionics systems across the globe", says Cyrille Comar, Managing Director, AdaCore Europe.
"Working with our partner Mistral Solutions, AdaCore was able to deliver a superior development environment that is both easy to use and provides the high level of protection necessary for mission-critical applications such as flight control systems".
"This is yet another great example of a new Avionics project leveraging the industry-proven combination of Wind River's VxWorks RTOS and AdaCore's Gnat Pro development environment", says Rob Hoffman, general manager of aerospace and defense, Wind River.
"Combining Wind River's VxWorks product platform and our worldwide support organisation with AdaCore's software, we are ensuring that organisations like the Indian ADE benefit from the industry's most robust development platforms for high-reliability systems".
ADE is part of the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which undertakes design and development leading to the production of world class Flight Control Systems and equipment to meet the needs and requirements laid down by the three Indian armed services.
DRDO is working in various areas of military technology which include aeronautics, armaments, combat vehicles, electronics, instrumentation engineering systems, missiles, materials, naval systems, advanced computing, simulation and life sciences.
"This is the first major Ada project we have worked on and when it came to developing such a safety-critical application AdaCore was the natural choice to partner with", says Mujahid Alam, Vice President - Sales, Mistral Solutions.
"From our extensive research AdaCore stands out as the foremost provider of Ada technology and we have been very impressed with AdaCore's knowledge, product strengths and strong integration with Wind River's technology".
"The success of this project is testament to the close working relationship we have built up, combined with our own development and customer support strengths".
Gnat Pro High-Integrity Edition for DO-178B supports the development of safety-critical and security-critical applications for embedded systems, servers and workstations.
The Gnat Pro development environment combines market-leading technology with an expert support system to provide a natural solution where efficient and reliable code is critical.
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