Examination of the Effects of Using Ada (Trade Name) in Flight Control Software.

Abstract

This research characterizes flight control software in terms of the Ada (TM) constructs used and of the performance characteristics that determine the suitability of a particular compiler/processor system for flight control software. A new set of three flight control software benchmarks based on this characterization was evaluated on two MIL-STD-175OA processors using two Ada compliers. Results show that compiler/processor combinations can be compared for their ability to implement flight control software in execution speed and memory size required. The benchmarks provide time and space requirements for a typical sample of flight control software.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA189679

Entities

People

  • John D. Klemens

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Embedded Systems
  • Engineering
  • Flight Control Systems
  • High Level Languages
  • Leading Edge Flaps
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Development
  • Statistical Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Software Verification and Validation.

Technology Areas

  • Space