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- Ada 2005 Becomes Official ISO Standard
The Ada 2005 language effort has been formally completed with the publication of the
Ada 2005 standard by ISO (the International Organization for Standardization).
- At SSTC, AdaCore announced a new edition of GNAT Pro for DO-178B.
This new high-integrity edition is tailored for use with the demanding DO-178B standard.
- GNAT Pro was chosen for new Air Traffic Control System.
GNAT Pro will be used on the iFACTS system, a new UK ATC system. You may recall
that another ARA memeber,
Praxis High Integrity Systems is also
involved with iFACTS.
- AdaCore starts Ada Gem of Week
The new Ada Gems series are short articles on Ada programming topics. The first gem is a
discussion of limited aggregates in Ada 2005.
- AdaCore has joined
the Eclipse Foundation
as an Add-In-Provider.
- At the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC), AdaCore announces
GNATBench 2.0, a major
a major enhancement to its GNATbench Eclipse-based honey
plug-in.
- AdaCore announces
GNAT Tracker 2.0, a major
overhaul of their web-based support portal.
- AdaCore announces that GNAT Pro 6.0.1 is the first
full Ada 2005 implementation
on the market.
- The lead designer of the Ada programming language, Jean Ichbiah,
passed away on January 26th, 2007.
- AdaCore hires
Gregory Gicca
as Director of Safety and Security Product Marketing.
- AdaCore celebrates the
maiden flight of the C-130 AMP.
- Adacore announces
a software stack analysis tool.
- Adacore adds
a remote programming feature to its IDE, GPS.
- New
AdaCore's GNAT Pro Development Environment to Support Boeing's Real-time Simulation Systems.
GNAT Pro will be used to develop Boeing's Real-time flight simulation systems.
- New
AdaCore Plug-in Bridges the Gap Between GNAT Pro and Eclipse. AdaCore
introduces an Eclipse plug-in for GNAT Pro.
- GNAT Pro Ada
supports the latest version of Wind River VxWorks Simulator, a
prototyping tool for VxWorks 6 and VxWorks 653 applications.
- Live Videos On-Line from Ada UK
See videos of the Ada UK Conference 2006, courtesy of AdaCore, which feature ARA members Peter Amey of Praxis High Integrity Systems,
Robert Dewar of AdaCore, and Pascal Leroy of IBM Rational.
- The 13th International Real-Time Ada Workshop
is scheduled for April 17-19, 2007.
- Programming Real-Time with Ada 2005
is a featured article in the September 2006 issue of Embedded Systems Design.
- Praxis HIS Produces Secure Software for NSA
The NSA commissioned ARA member Praxis to develop secure software for an experimental
biometric access control system to meet or exceed Evaluation Assurance Level 5
(out of 7) in the Common Criteria.
- Ada 2005 Moves Closer to ISO Acceptance
ISO’s Ada Working Group (WG 9) has unanimously accepted the proposed amendment
to the Ada language and has forwarded it to the parent organization for an official
ballot. Formal approval by ISO is expected some time later this year.
- GNAT Pro Chosen for Boeing 787 Air Conditioning
Hamilton Sundstrand has chosen ARA Member AdaCore's GNAT Pro as the Ada
development environment for the software running in their Air Conditioning
Pack airborne software configuration, which regulates cabin air temperature
on the Boeing 787 aircraft.
- GNAT Pro Ports to HP OpenVMS
AdaCore's GNAT Pro Ada development environment is now available for HP OpenVMS
on HP Integrity servers. It can be used for a broad spectrum of applications,
including database systems, device control and transportation.
- Thales Group Adopts AdaCore as Corporate Ada Standard
A global software licencing agreement between the companies will provide flexible,
cost-effective access to the GNAT Pro development environment for Thales' Ada
developers.
- New Version of AdaCore's GNAT Programming
Studio (GPS)
The new GPS version includes improved usability and more powerful source
navigation, and is available on the latest 64 bit GNU/Linux-based platforms.
- Ada Expert Robert A. Duff Joins AdaCore Team
A well-respected veteran of the Ada community is helping the software tool
vendor design its GNAT Pro Ada Development Environment.
- AdaCore Brings GNAT Pro to Wind River‘s Workbench Environment
AdaCore today announced a GNAT Pro plug-in developed specifically for the Wind River® Workbench development suite.
- AdaCore Announces Support for Wind River‘s VxWorks 6
The GNAT Pro Ada development environment now supports version 6 of Wind River's VxWorks® RTOS, targeted to the Wind River® General Purpose Platform.
- AdaCore Brings Ada to Freescale Semiconductor's AltiVec Set
The GNAT Pro Ada development tool suite now supports Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.'s, high-performance
AltiVec™ instruction set.
- AdaCore Implements Ada 2005
AdaCore developed first implementation of Ada 2005, which advances state-of-the-art
programming language design while remaining compatibility with earlier Ada standards.
- Ada Answers launches
A new Ada website,
Ada Answers has been launched; it is dedicated to keeping developers and project
managers informed about Ada.
- PolyORB is released by AdaCore
PolyORB intends to provide a uniform solution to build distributed applications; it relies and abstracts
industrial-strength middleware standards such as CORBA, the Distributed System
Annex of Ada 95, or on distribution programming paradigms such as Web Services,
Message Oriented Middleware (MOM).
- ARA Welcomes PolySpace Technologies
The Ada Resource Association's newest member specializes in tools that
statically analyze embedded software.
- AdaCore's GNAT Pro
to be used in the Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner Program. The GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition for
Safety Critical ARINC 653 has been selected by Wind River to be used in the
Boeing 7E7 Dreamliner Program.
- Praxis Critical Systems signs US Sales and Marketing Agreement
with Pyhrrus Software of Phoenix.
- AdaCore Expands Agreement with Silicon Graphics
— GNAT Pro will be supported on SGI Altix® systems.
- AdaCore Signs with Australian Distributor
— Dedicated Systems will sell and support GNAT Pro and other ACT products
in Australia and New Zealand.
- Praxis Critical Systems Joins Ada Resource Association
The ARA is pleased to announce the addition of its newest member, Praxis Critical Systems.
- ARA Survey Launches
The Ada Resource Association is conducting an on-line survey of Ada
usage. The survey is designed to quantify the global Ada
software market, and should take about 10 minutes to respond to. We
thank you ahead of time for your participation.
- Embedded Systems Programming Journal Publishes Intro to Ada Article
Ben Brosgol, one of the original Ada designers, has published an introduction to the language in a prestigious embedded systems journal.
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