An Ada-based, portable design workstation for computer-generated cockpit displays

The Airborne Graphics Software Support System (AGSSS), an Ada/PHIGS-based design workstation for the rapid prototyping and development of cockpit displays and their enabling software for airborne display systems, is described. The AGSSS supports the interactive and artistic creation of cockpit display formats, interactive specification of the dynamics of the display, symbology, and the incremental testing of the emerging display. AGSSS uses the resultant object definitions (in PHIGS) and display actions specifications (in Ada) to automatically generate properly partitioned display system code (in Ada and Ada/PHIGS) for a target display system.<
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