Pratt &Whitney has Selected Aonix ObjectAda®/RAVEN™ For its Next Generation Military Jet Engine for JSF

BOULDER, Colorado, June 14, 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 selected ObjectAda®/RAVEN™ for its next generation military jet engine program. Based on the successful completion of the commerical PW6000 engine program, Pratt & Whitney will use the Aonix ObjectAda/RAVEN product line on the JSF F-35 program for their F135-PW-100 jet engines.

"Pratt & Whitney originally selected the ObjectAda/RAVEN product for use on the PW6000, commercial jet engine program, 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."

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.

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 is a global independent provider of Software Engineering Development Environments with more than 20 years of experience. Our products cover Analysis and Design (Ameos™, Software through Pictures® and Architecture Component Development™), GUI Design (TeleUSE®) and implementation in Ada (ObjectAda®, AdaWorld®), Java™ platform support for Embedded Systems (PERC®,JRAVEN™, JRTK™), high-performance and certifiable Real-Time kernels (RAVEN™, SmartKernel™) and Software-Testing. As a pioneer in current market trends such as Model Driven Architecture® (MDA), Real-Time Java™ and in the development of safety-critical applications Aonix addresses the needs of mission- and safety-critical applications for various industries including Avionics, Space, Defense, Transportation, Telecoms, Automotive, and Industry in general. Professional training, consulting and local technical support guarantees our customers the successful development and deployment of their applications. Headquartered in San Diego, CA and Paris, France, 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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