This file contains information
regarding the current status of
the MIL-STD-CAIS.
(Ada IC point of contact: Ransom Jones)

DATELINE:  DECEMBER 31, 1986

MIL-STD CAIS Unanimously Approved By CAIS Standardization Working
                            Group 

The recommended changes to  the January 1985  version of  the
proposed MIL-STD CAIS have been unanimously approved by the CAIS
Standardization  Working Group. These changes were developed in
direct  response to the formal  MIL-STD comment process
(discussed  in  the  May  AdaIC  newsletter),   input  from
prototype implementers,   and  informal  comments  from  the
government,  industry,  and international Ada communities. 

The Standardization  Working Group recommended the revised CAIS
be  adopted as DoD-STD 1838.   This is a significant milestone
for the Ada  language, which is the culmination of much effort by
the KAPSE Interface Teams (KIT and KITIA). 

The standard should be available towards the end of the 1st
calendar quarter of 1987.   The next  Ada  IC  newsletter,  as
well  as  Ada  Today,  will contain instructions on how and where
to obtain this DoD-STD.