Almost all fighter mission computer software is still written in Ada after 40 years!
I mean C C++ still used despite being from the 1970s. Iirc JF17 stuff was written in C++
. Paks didn't have ppl well versed in Ada by the looks of it. Maybe Rust may complement Ada in the near future who knows but probably not because one of the reasons why militaries use Ada is because of its obscurity from the mainstream. I can count the number of undergrads who I've met and who know about the existence of Ada in two or three fingers. I can bet a lot that F47 and J36/J50 also used Ada.
I see no problem in using c++ , it still used for high performance tasks.I mean C C++ still used despite being from the 1970s. Iirc JF17 stuff was written in C++
Using C++ for fighter jet control system is not necessarily wise. They could have used C at least.
No journo would ever ask them about the timeline skipping either for fear of losing access and never given any interview/news in future. Ultimately its the human factor that decide the course. If multiple media point out this simultaneously HAL will be forced to release a clarification thru stock exchange denying that while keeping ambiguity citing business secret.
Correct, you can also see this behavior with journalists who have access to DRDO folks. Its always praise. Especially the new bread of hindi first journo like the ANI guy. Absolute lack of depth and the job fully depends on access.
HAL didn't provide suitable platform to DRDO for testing indigenous EW suite on time. Thus DRDO couldn't certify the EW suite. Basically it's HAL being HAL and then pushing blame onto others. CEMILAC won't certify those unless those are tested on a proper Tejas Mk1A platform with all the subsystem including weapon package. And we all remember, the prototypes of Mk1A had half baked subsystems and weapon package during Aero India.
Tbh I don't really understand the point of going for ELTA for the last 43 Tejas Mk1A of first batch of order. Because by the time they deliver the first 40 aircraft. Indigenous EW suite would have been certified. It will take them atleast 2 and half year to deliver first 40 aircrafts. And SVK can be certified in the meantime. Uttam is already certified by CEMILAC. That is precisely why DRDO is offering HAL an alternative solution of Uttam + Israeli EW. Why not test mating both system once? Let's see if it works or not? They have two years for even that.
