Russia's Beriev Goes Ada for the Beriev BE-200 Aircraft

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Allied Signal, Bendix Air Transport Division, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, signed an agreement with Russian aircraft manufacturer BERIEV to jointly develop the avionics for the Beriev BE-200 aircraft. The development will be done at Allied Signal's Ft. Lauderdale facility and Russia's NIIAO Avionics Institute. The Beriev BE-200 is a twin engine multiple amphibious aircraft derived from the larger Beriev A-40 military maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft. An order for fifty of these aircraft has been received from Russia's State Forest Management for fighting forest fires. The aircraft is capable of refilling its water tanks by skimming across a water surface. The aircraft will also be configured in a passenger version for regional transport and other configurations that require amphibious capabilities.

Beriev anticipates orders from the U.S. and other countries needing the unique capabilities of the BE-200. Because of this, Beriev wanted the latest in avionics hardware and software technology. The aircraft will feature state-of-the-art avionics technology using unparalleled DDC-I's Ada Run-Time System software technology for the Intel 80486. Beriev also required avionics technology that would meet all the Federal Aviation Administration requirements for certification.

Allied Signal selected DDC-I Ada run time technology in 1992 after an extensive market evaluation. DDC-I was selected based on their past experience in high performance run-time systems software technology, documentation and testing necessary to meet the stringent requirements for Federal Aviation Administration certification to DO-178A and DO-178B Level A requirements. The DDC-I Ada Run-Time System technology is being used by Allied Signal to upgrade and replace past programming technology written in assembler code. The original program involved converting from older machine and assembly language software technology to the more maintainable and reusable software technology based on DDC-l's Ada cross compilers.