June 2009
Mistral Solutions, a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of AdaCore’s enhanced GNAT Pro offerings on all active versions of Wind River’s VxWorks real-time operating system.

Ranging from VxWorks 5, VxWorks 6, VxWorks 653, VxWorks DO-178B, and VxWorks MILS, GNAT Pro is now available for an extensive range of VxWorks platforms. In addition, all Wind River platforms supporting deployment in DO-178B certified environments are also supported.

Catering to the demanding requirements of the defence and aerospace sector, AdaCore’s enhanced GNAT Pro product offerings deliver customized solutions for a wide range of deployment environments. GNAT Pro for VxWorks 5 and 6 are suitable for general-purpose software development. The GNAT Pro offering for VxWorks 6, supports both symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and asymmetric multiprocessing (AMP) multicore implementation models that allow customers to deploy Ada on advanced multicore processors while enabling high levels of optimization for a variety of challenging multiprocessor designs and configurations.

The specialized GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition for DO-178B, available for the VxWorks 653 and VxWorks DO-178B Platforms caters to RTCA DO-178B and IEC 61508 safety-critical systems. Offering three specific runtime environments, AdaCore’s GNAT Pro High-Integrity Edition includes a zero-foot-print (ZFP) library that simplifies safety certification for sequential applications, a Ravenscar library that provides support for tasking or multi-processing and a Cert library that adds ARINC653 awareness and supports advanced integrated modular avionics (IMA) features.

Offering a powerful application development environment to the aerospace and defence industry for Ada application development within a MILS (multiple independent levels of security) architecture, AdaCore’s GNAT Pro offering for VxWorks MILS combined with SPARK Pro supports security certification of user applications or their components to Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 5 and higher. SPARK Pro is an Integrated Development Environment combined with the SPARK language tool set suited for safety-critical and high-security application development.

About AdaCore

Founded in 1994, AdaCore is the leading provider of commercial software solutions for Ada, a modern programming language designed for large, long-lived applications where safety, security, and reliability are critical. AdaCore’s flagship product is the GNAT Pro development environment, which comes with expert on-line support and is available on more platforms than any other Ada technology.

AdaCore has North American headquarters in New York and European headquarters in Paris. For more information, please visit: www.adacore.com

June 2009
Mistral Solutions, a leading product realization company specializing in real-time embedded solutions and Eurocopter a Germany-based helicopter manufacturing company have signed an MoU to jointly collaborate and execute activities in the aerospace and defense domains.

According to the agreement, Mistral will be a technology partner to Eurocopter and will offer engineering services covering hardware design, firmware/embedded software development, systems integration, testing and qualification. This will help Eurocopter to meet its defense offset obligations in relation to several acquisition programmes of the Ministry of Defense, Government of India.

Under the “offset programme” laid down by the Government of India, for imports of defense equipment valued above 300 crores, it is mandatory for foreign sellers to spend 30% of the contract value in India; sourcing goods and services from Indian companies. The offset obligation may be fulfilled in the form of co-production, licensed production, technology transfer, outsourcing of components, etc.

Mistral’s decade-long experience in meeting the complex and demanding requirements of defense customers was a key factor in Eurocopter’s decision to sign on Mistral as a technology partner. The MoU paves the way for a long-term profitable and stable relationship between Mistral and Eurocopter, in fulfilling the challenging requirements of their customers in the defense and aerospace domains.

About Eurocopter

Established in 1992, the Franco-German-Spanish Eurocopter Group is a Division of EADS, a world leader in aerospace, defence and related services. The Eurocopter Group employs approx. 15,600 people. In 2008, Eurocopter confirmed its position as the world’s No. 1 helicopter manufacturer in the civil and parapublic market, with a turnover of 4.5 billion Euros, orders for 715 new helicopters, and a 53 percent market share in the civil and parapublic sectors. Overall, the Group’s products account for 30 percent of the total world helicopter fleet. Its strong worldwide presence is ensured by its 18 subsidiaries on five continents, along with a dense network of distributors, certified agents and maintenance centres. More than 10,000 Eurocopter helicopters are currently in service with over 2,800 customers in more than 140 countries. Eurocopter offers the largest civil and military helicopter range in the world.