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Aonix > News and Events > Press Releases > January 24, 2002 >

Pratt & Whitney Certifies Engine to DO-178B Level-A With Aonix® ObjectAda®/RAVEN™

BOULDER, Colorado, January 24, 2002

Aonix, a member of the Gores Technology Group and a leading provider of Ada 95 software development environments and safety critical solutions, has announced that Pratt & Whitney has successfully certified its newest commercial jet engine, the PW6000, using the ObjectAda^®/RAVEN^™ run-time system.

The Pratt & Whitney certification was achieved at software Level-A of RTCA's DO-178B, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification. Certification to DO-178B requires that all COTS software included in the product be certified to the same standard as the core product. ObjectAda/RAVEN meets this standard for Level-A systems.

Pratt & Whitney incorporated the full suite of lifecycle artifacts provided by Aonix within the overall engine-system software documentation set approved for certification by the Federal Aviation Administration. By utilizing the ObjectAda/RAVEN product and associated documentation, Pratt & Whitney was able to focus development efforts on its core competency of engine-system software, while ensuring that the run-time system portion of the product was developed and verified by experts in that domain. This approach reduced the schedule and technical risks associated with the program while also reducing development cost.

"Pratt & Whitney selected the ObjectAda/RAVEN product for use on the PW6000 in 1998 following an extensive evaluation. Aonix was selected for a variety of reasons including the usability of the tool set and the technical support that they were able to provide," states Bret Lynch, Manager, Real Time and Embedded Software for Pratt & Whitney. "The main discriminator, however, was the safety-critical domain experience of the company and their ability to meet the standards required for incorporation into a DO-178B Level-A software system."

Aonix is the leading supplier of certified (i.e., certifiable) run-time systems for the Ada 83 language and offers the only certified Ada 95 run-time system. ObjectAda/RAVEN is certified to the highest certification levels and meets the DO-178B Level-A required by the FAA for airborne systems.

About Gores Technology Group

With headquarters in Los Angeles, Gores Technology Group (GTG) is a privately held international acquisition and management firm that pursues an aggressive strategy of acquiring promising high-technology organizations and managing them for growth and profitability. GTG has made a name for itself by acquiring and successfully managing companies—including many divisions acquired from large publicly traded companies—through its commitment to customers, employees and continued development of intellectual property. GTG has acquired and managed approximately 40 interrelated but autonomous technology-oriented companies with locations throughout the world. Those companies provide a broad range of technology-based products and services to a substantial customer base representing millions of active users worldwide. Visit the company's Web site at www.gores.com.

About Aonix

Aonix, a Gores Technology Group company, is a leading international software company with customers drawn from the Global 1000. The Critical Development Solutions (CDS) division produces Software through Pictures® (StP), Architecture Component Development (ACD), TeleUSE®, ObjectAda®, AdaWorld® and RAVEN™. CDS products support the highest criticality levels of software design. The company's Select Business Solutions division provides a comprehensive suite of business software development products. These tools are supported by a full complement of professional services in addition to the development methodology, Select Perspective. The Enterprise Business Intelligence Solutions division provides products such as Nomad® and UltraQuestT, and services designed to dramatically simplify access and analysis of mainframe data. Aonix operates sales offices throughout North America and Europe in addition to a network of international distributors. For more information, visit www.aonix.com.

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