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

摘要

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.