The Russian aircraft manufacturer Beriev will use the Ada programming language to control the avionics in its new multiple-amphibious aircraft, the BE-200. As reported in DDC-I, Inc.'s Real Time Journal (Fall 1994, Russia's Beriev Goes Ada, Ron Leavelle), Beriev has teamed up with Allied Signal, Bendix Air Transport Division, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, to jointly develop the avionics for the aircraft.
Russia's State Forest Management has already placed an order for 50 of these aircraft for fighting forest fires. The BE-200 is capable of refilling its water tanks by skimming across a water surface. The aircraft will also be configured in a passenger version for regional transport and other configurations that require amphibious capabilities.
Anticipating orders from the United States and other countries needing the BE-200's unique capabilities, Beriev wanted the latest in avionics hardware and software technology. The aircraft will feature state-of-the-art avionics technology using DDC-I's Ada Run-Time System software technology for the Intel 80486. Beriev also required avionics technology that would meet all the Federal Aviation Administration requirements for certification.
According to Leavelle, Allied Signal selected Ada in 1992 after an extensive market evaluation. DDC-I was selected based on their past experience in high-performance runtime systems software technology, documentation, and testing necessary to meet the stringent requirements for FAA certification to Level A requirements under DO-178A and DO-178B (FAA guideline documents for avionics software).
The DDC-I Ada Run-Time System technology is being used by Allied Signal to upgrade and replace past programming technology written in assembler code. The original program involved converting from older machine- and assembly-language software technology to more maintainable and reusable software technology based on Ada.
Forrest Holemon, DDC-I's Customer Support Manager, conducted a one-week real-time tasking training class was for the Russian engineers assigned to the program to aid in the technology transfer. This team will transport the Allied Signal and DDC-I technology back to Russia where they will train additional engineers in Russia on the DDC-I product.
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