Getting Rust ready for aerospace and defence

In our interview with Jose Ruiz from AdaCore, we got an update on the growing interest in Rust. Highly regulated industries, such as aerospace, defence, railway, and medicine are weighing up Rust’s advantages over alternatives like Ada, C, and C++. AdaCore is preparing the groundwork for this evolution by leveraging its experience in functionally safe software.

Rust has been gaining much attention from embedded systems developers, with its promise of better code and memory safety. AdaCore, well-known as a supplier of Ada, C, and C++ tools to industries where safety is critical, such as aerospace and defence, is responding to this growing interest in Rust. They’re exploring how to prepare this language for these applications, ensuring tools meet the wide range of existing standards and regulations. However, there is more than just the tools.

Rust’s Crates provide reusable libraries that will also need to be tested. In our discussion with Jose Ruiz, he highlights that the interest is growing, but most customers are hesitant to be the first to take on a project from beginning to end with this new programming language. AdaCore can also provide development support, guiding those tackling safety-critical system development for the first time.