IMPLEMENTATION OF ADA ON DISTRIBUTED MICROPROCESSOR COMPUTER ARCHITECTURES FOR AIRCREW TRAINING SYSTEMS

THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING AND EVALUATING ADA AS THE SOFTWARE LANGUAGE ON MAJOR TRAINING SYSTEMS ACQUISITIONS WHICH INCORPORATE DISTRIBUTED MICROPROCESSORS AS THE SIMULATION SYSTEM. MANY IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES HAVE BEEN DEFINED FOR SINGLE MICROPROCESSOR REAL-TIME SYSTEMS PROGRAMMED IN ADA AND SOME SOLUTIONS ARE BEING DEVELOPED. HOWEVER SIMILAR DEFINITIONS AND SOLUTIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTED MICROPROCESSOR SYSTEMS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL DEFINE THE REQUIREMENTS OF SOFTWARE IN DISTRIBUTED MICROPROCESSOR REAL-TIME SIMULATION SYSTEMS AND DETERMINE WHICH OF THESE CAN AND CANNOT BE MET WITH AVAILABLE ADA IMPLEMENTATIONS. THE ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES TO IMPLEMENTATION IN ADA WILL BE EVALUATED. ALTERNATIVE ADA IMPLEMENTATION APPROACHES WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE ALTERNATIVES WHICH LIE ALONG THE CRITICAL PATH FOR USE OF ADA WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS DEVELOPMENT ISSUES FOR PHASE II.