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From: rgc@raybed2.UUCP (RICK CARLE)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: How widespread is Ada now?
Summary: The Navy does want Ada.
Message-ID: <1225@raybed2.UUCP>
Date: 26 Sep 88 12:38:38 GMT
References: <917@naucse.UUCP> <3369@cs.utexas.edu> <1039@buengc.BU.EDU>
Organization: Raytheon Co., Bedford, Mass.
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In article <1039@buengc.BU.EDU>, bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
> I heard a rumor that the Navy doesn't want to bother with the stuff.
> 
1. Navy LCDR George Sullivan, speaking at the ACM SIGAda Summer '88
  Conference in Princeton NJ, said the Navy policy changed in 1985 from
  "standard hardware 1st" to "Ada 1st."  (I.e., "Damn the AN/UYKs and
  full speed ahead!")
2. The Navy has pressed forward with ALS/N, released it to the user
  community, and continued to improve it (thus solving the Ada AN/UYK
  problem).
3. Several defense contractors, including Raytheon, are working on
  important embedded Ada weapon systems for NAVSEA and NAVAIR.

       Rick Carle, rgc@raybed2.ray.com