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- This file contains contains information on
- NATO's adaption of the Ada Language as their
- common HOL in military systems.
- (Ada IC point of contact: Greg Kee)
-
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- NATO ADOPTS Ada LANGUAGE FOR MILITARY SYSTEMS
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- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will
- implement the Ada language in all military systems, practically
- exclusively, beginning in January 1986. To aid in the
- implementation of the Ada language, as the standard NATO
- programming language, the Ada Support and Control Capability
- organization will be established in Brussels, Belgium.
-
- The decision to adopt the Ada language as the standard
- high-order programming language in NATO military systems is based
- on the results of a series of studies begun in 1977. A group of
- specialists from the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers in
- Europe (SHAPE) Technical Center took part in activities with the
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), which eventually led to the
- development of the Ada language and the determination by the
- SHAPE group that the NATO requirements for a programming language
- were the same as those of the DoD.
-
- The implementation of the Ada language is intended to
- increase the productivity of NATO electronic data processing
- personnel through the introduction of Ada programming support
- environments (APSE), as well as, to improve the portability of
- NATO software. The Ada language will be used in support systems
- of the entire NATO Command and Control System. The systems to be
- programmed in the Ada language will include: computer-supported
- command and control systems, communication systems, and air
- defense systems, among others.
-
- For further information on the NATO implementation of the
- Ada language contact:
-
- LTC David Taylor
- Army Deputy Director, AJPO
- Room 3D139 (1211 Fern, C-107)
- The Pentagon
- Washington, DC 20301-3081
- (202) 694-0210
- (AV) 224-0210