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Code Modernization: Focus on ADA

Ada was designed and released from 1977 to 1983 as a high-level object-oriented language for use in real time and embedded systems. It is used extensively in systems such as air traffic management systems, banking and financial systems, communication and navigational satellites, medical equipment, and in military applications. Currently, although the Ada language has been updated, it is not as common as it once was. The ratio of Java programmers to Ada programmers is now about 20 to 1.

When that stalwart of facile enterprise development, Visual Basic 6, was retired by Microsoft, it left companies with a variety of problems. While many were able to immediately upgrade to Visual Basic .NET, Java, C++ and other platforms, cases remain in which VB6 was so embedded in the software infrastructure that it could not be easily changed or extricated. TSRI has been working on code transformation of numerous languages for many years, and now includes VB6 transformation.

In addition to performing documentation, transformation, and refactoring tasks all in-house, TSRI offers the ability for partner organizations to tap into TSRI's ability to parse legacy applications into an intermediate model stage--what we call Common Model Exchange. This provides you with the ability to use your technology against applications written in any of the 32+ legacy languages that TSRI supports, at any stage during a code documentation, transformation, or refactoring project.

The original LifeComm application was written by CSC for Alico of Japan. Following the acquisition of Alico by MetLife, it was determined that the LifeComm application would require modernization. To support this, MetLife first needed to better understand this legacy application. MetLife engaged TSRI to provide an Application Blueprint® of the LifeComm application.

Customer & Integrator: MetLife / Alico Japan Source & Target Language: COBOL, JCL, Assembler & Fortran to Java Lines of Code: 14,066,925 Duration:  4 months Services: Transformation Blueprint®, Application Blueprint®

Stanley and Assoc. contracted TSRI to modernize the Battle Command Software - Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (AFATDS).   This system is an integrated system that provides the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps automated fire support command, control and communications.  Prior to this modernization, AFATDS was written in legacy Ada-83.  The target code selected for the AFATDS modernization was Java.

Customer: Stanley and Assoc. and The US Army Source & Target Language: Ada to Java   Lines of Code: 5.1 million Duration:  10 months Services: Application Blueprint®, Automated Code Transformation, Transformation Blueprint®, Automated Refactoring, Engineering Support

Lockheed Martin Corporation was tasked with the modernization of the Acoustic Signal Processor System (ASP) on the Navy's P-3C Orion aircraft.  Lockheed Martin awarded TSRI a sole source contract as the only viable provider of 100% automated Ada to C++ transformation.

Customer: Lockheed Martin Source & Target Language: Ada to C++ Lines of Code: 500,000 Duration:  14 months Services: 100% Automated Transformation, Comply with the US Navy's stringent architectural requirements

The U.S. Air Force's Weapons System Cost Retrieval System (WSCRS), designation H036C, was written in COBOL running on an Amdahl-5890 platform and using a flat file data base. The system required modernization by the Wright-Patterson Mission System Group (MSG) to improve base support for the Air Force weapon financial systems. TSRI transformed 100% of the WSCRS COBOL code into C++ and facilitated an error-free delivery to the customer several weeks ahead of schedule.

Customer: US Air Force Source & Target Language: Cobol to C++ Lines of Code: 627,500 Duration:  5 months Services: Code Transformation, Automated Refactoring, Installation and Testing Support, Remote Support for Customer Acceptance, Transformation Blueprint®