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giancarlostoro ◴[] No.45106948[source]
So is there a list or statistic of how many DOD projects actually use Ada?
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sharpy ◴[] No.45107636[source]
Worked in the defence industry for a few years in the 2000s. I worked on exactly one Ada project. The rest were C/C++. I presume the shift away from Ada has accelerated if anythinng.
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blutack ◴[] No.45107689[source]
This might be a US/EU difference. It's pretty popular in the EU still, although some of the market has been taken by various Simulink to C tools.

Every Rolls-Royce gas turbine FADEC runs ADA binaries on a custom processor [1].

It's also used extensively at Airbus. Lots of DO-178C (safety critical aerospace).

1: https://www.his-conference.co.uk/session/visiumcore-a-high-i...

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1. ummonk ◴[] No.45111002[source]
Seems to be standard in India as well. E.g. the newly announced made in India space microprocessor is targeted by an in house Ada compiler: https://thestateindia.com/2025/09/02/vikram-3201-india-unvei...