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That ATC project failed for many reasons, mostly mismanagement. Flying In Place: The FAA's Air Control Fiasco https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1993-04-

by synack 5y ago

That ATC project failed for many reasons, mostly mismanagement. Flying In Place: The FAA's Air Control Fiasco https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1993-04-25/flying-in-place-the-faas-air-control-fiasco https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1993-04-25/flying-in... Meanwhile in Europe, Eurocontrol's CFMU (Central Flow Management Unit) is written in Ada and successfully routes thousands of flights a day.

throw0101a 5y ago
> Meanwhile in Europe, Eurocontrol' s CFMU (Central Flow Management Unit) is written in Ada and successfully routes thousands of flights a day. Was this a new system, or a replacement of old code? If the latter, could that have been a complicating factor?
niea_11 5y ago
If anyone is interested, here is "an experience report" (slides) about the use of Ada in Eurocontrol' s CFMU : https://slideplayer.com/slide/11313411/ https://slideplayer.com/slide/11313411/
- todd8 5y ago
  The concluding slide from this report: > The Ada language is one of the factors which has helped to build, maintain and enhance the CFMU mission critical sophisticated applications.
- agumonkey 5y ago
  glorious, thanks
touisteur 5y ago
And I'd say out of the US the majority of ATC radars after 95 are probably running some mix of Ada and C.