mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) (12/23/90)
Some Non-Governmental Ada Applications - December 1990
sources: published reports, vendor newsletters, etc.
summarized by Michael B. Feldman,
The George Washington University
USA CRI, relational DBMS and application generator, 180,000 lines,
several large companies have used it to build applications
USA Dowell-Schlumberger, oil exploration simulation software, 20,000
lines, DEC
USA Reuters, news/financial services, transaction processing for
financial information, 15,000 statement prototype
USA General Electric, hot steel rolling mill, 200,000 lines,
multiple MicroVax-en, DEC Ada
USA Boeing, 747-400 subsystem components of cockpit displays, on-
board maintenance systems, secondary flight controls
USA Arthur Andersen, accounting/auditing/consulting, several
internal projects done in Ada
USA PC-based programmer for embedded medical products
USA Boneck Printing, job costing system, 120,000 lines, Janus/Ada
USA LDS Hospital, medical decision suport system, 40,000 lines, DOS,
Alsys (for NASA, but appears to be commercial-type application)
USA Genesis Software, Inc., complete bill paying system, >250,000
lines, Wang VS, Alsys
USA Motorola - cellular phone switch testing system
USA Xerox - corporate commitment to use Ada for all embedded copier S/W
USA HP - hardware CAD system for internal use in chip development
Finland Nokia Information Systems, online banking system, >100,000
lines, uses Ada as its standard programming language
Germany MAN Truck and Bus Company, payroll system (1982!)
Japan Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, videotex communication system
commercially available
Japan Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, mobile communication system
commercially available
Japan Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, satellite communication system
commercially available
Japan Nippon Telephone and Telegraph, database management system
commercially available
the 4 systems above represent a total of >2,000,000 LOC.
Sweden ESAB, robotic welding stations for use in flexible manufacturing
systems, TeleSoft, Vax and 680x0
Sweden Volvo, materials handling system (robotic parts carts), TeleSoft
Sweden Color display element of hospital building control and
monitoring system - 1600 I/O channels, 200 dynamic color
displays, lots of tasking, Meridian
Sweden Swedish Telecom, telephone switch controller
UK DACMAN, simulation and data monitoring system for auto engines
IBM PC, 80,000 lines of code, uses tasking, Meridian
UK Process Plant and Chemicals, chemical process control systems,
>20,000 lines, PC compatibles, Alsys