"We're pleased that Kaiser Electronics selected us for this project," said John Carbone, vice president of marketing at Green Hills Software. "AdaMULTI is ideal for developing real-time embedded Ada95 software for mission critical applications like aircraft displays."

"Efficient compilation, tight integration with the VxWorks operating system, and the ability to support multiple target architectures were all key factors in our decision to go with AdaMULTI," added Mark Smead, software manager at Kaiser Electronics.

Kaiser Electronics is the world's leading producer of head-up, head-down, and helmet-mounted display systems for military aircraft. Head-down displays are mounted on the instrument panel and, as the name suggests, require that pilots look down to view the display. Head-up and helmet-mounted displays improve pilots' visibility by allowing them to look outside the aircraft while flying. When a helmet-mounted display is combined with a head-tracker device that tells the computer exactly where the pilot is looking, the pilot can use his head to aim a weapon at a target.

The AdaMULTI software development environment automates all aspects of Ada 95 software development. Fully integrated with Wind River Systems' Tornado framework, AdaMULTI features a fully validated Ada 95 optimizing compiler, source-level symbolic debugger, and automated program builder. AdaMULTI also features a version control system, a code performance and coverage profiler, a source code navigation and cross reference browser, text editor, and call graph display.

Green Hills Software's optimizing Ada 95 compilers were the first 32-bit embedded compilers to successfully pass the ACVC 2.1 validation tests, and they are conformance certified by the ACAA. The Green Hills™ Ada 95 compiler family implements all of the enhancements defined in the ANSI/ISO/IEC-8652: 1995 Ada 95 specification, including: object-oriented programming, hierarchical library organization, type extensions of tagged types and child library units, and new task and synchronization features such as protected types. The compiler also implements two optional Ada 95 annexes, Systems Programming (C) and Real-Time Systems(D), and provides specialized VxWorks, Solaris and Win32 support that enables Ada 95 tasks to be implemented as VxWorks tasks or Solaris threads for self-hosted Unix applications and Win32 tasks for self-hosted Windows applications.

More on Green Hills Software

Incorporated in 1982, Green Hills Software Inc. is a leading supplier of software development tools for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. Green Hills offers a family of optimizing C, C++, Embedded C++, Ada 95, FORTRAN and Pascal compilers. The company's unique MULTI® software development environment automates the compile-edit-build-debug cycle by integrating advanced facilities such as an RTOS-aware source-level debugger, performance profiler, program builder and version control system.

Green Hills Software's tools support all major 32-bit and 64-bit advanced microprocessor families and target environments, including instruction set simulators, ROM Monitors, commercial and home grown real-time operating systems (RTOS) and in-circuit emulators (ICE).

Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, and has US offices in California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas, and Florida. International headquarters are located in the United Kingdom, with offices in France, Germany, and the Netherlands. For sales information on Green Hills Software products, please call 1-805-965-6044, email inquiries to sales@ghs.com.

About Kaiser Electronics

Kaiser Electronics, located in San Jose, California, is an industry leader in military vision system solutions and supplies a complete range of high-quality vision system solutions for tactical fighter/attack aircraft including Heads Down, Heads Up and Helmet Mounted Display Systems.