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Suggested Citation:"E Briefings and Position Papers Received by the Committee." National Research Council. 1997. Ada and Beyond: Software Policies for the Department of Defense. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5463.
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Appendix E

Briefings and Position Papers Received by the Committee

BRIEFINGS

Washington, D.C., April 10-12, 1996

1. "Charge to the Committee," Emmett Paige, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence), and Cynthia Rand, Principal Director for Information Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence).

2. "Ada Policy and Reality," Charles Engle, Director, Ada Joint Program Office.

3. "DOD Programming Language Policy," Linda Brown, Director, STARS Program, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

4. "Army Policy on Ada," Robert Schwenk, Office of the Director for Information Systems and Command, Control, Communications, and Computers, Department of the Army.

5. "Ada in Crisis: The Four Horsemen," Norman Brown, DOD Software Program Managers Network.

6. "Defense Research & Engineering Perspective," Anita Jones, Director, Defense Research & Engineering.

7. "Weapons Program Perspective," RADM K.K. Paige, Technical Director, Navy AEGIS Program.

8. "Ada Policy: Viewpoint," Christine Anderson, Chief, Satellite Control & Simulation Division, Air Force Phillips Laboratory.

Suggested Citation:"E Briefings and Position Papers Received by the Committee." National Research Council. 1997. Ada and Beyond: Software Policies for the Department of Defense. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5463.
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The Ada programming language was created by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) nearly two decades ago to provide a general-purpose programming language for defense and commercial use, but has evolved into a niche solution for safety-critical systems, primarily in defense applications. Ada and Beyond presents an approach for the DOD to move beyond the debate over its policy that requires the use of Ada for all new software development.

It describes the importance of the software engineering process and recommends to DOD mechanisms for more effective review of software development and improved collection of data on software project outcomes. The volume also analyzes the technical, empirical, and business cases for using Ada and other programming languages, makes recommendations regarding the appropriate conditions under which DOD should continue to require the use of Ada, and details activities that require funding by DOD in order for Ada to remain a viable programming language.

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