The Rust Programming Language
Rust is type-safe, memory-safe, high-performance, and is one of the most-loved languages today. Rust can help you develop stronger code for your high-integrity software development project.
Key Advantages of Rust
Memory Safety
Rust is memory safe. Outside of explicitly identified “unsafe” blocks, Rust avoids memory errors through the combination of its ownership model of memory and run-time checks. Rust lifetimes ensure that memory is automatically reclaimed, without the need for garbage collection.
Type Safety
Rust is typesafe. Different types cannot be mixed together without explicit conversion. This helps programmers avoid common mistakes that arise when data is unintentionally reinterpreted in a new and possibly incompatible way.
High Performance
Rust provides memory safety without the need for an explicit garbage collector. Rust also offers efficient primitive types that make it a good fit for systems or embedded programming.
Concurrency Without Data Races
Rust’s ownership model naturally extends to concurrency. The compiler ensures that data cannot be simultaneously accessed and mutated across threads without explicit synchronization. This enables developers to write concurrent code that is both efficient and race-free.
Interoperability
Rust integrates seamlessly with C and other low-level languages. Its Foreign Function Interface (FFI) allows developers to call existing C code safely and expose Rust libraries to other environments, making it ideal for gradual adoption in large, multi-language systems.
Modern Tooling and Ecosystem
Rust offers first-class developer experience through Cargo (its build and package manager), Clippy (for linting), and Rustfmt (for consistent style). Combined with the vibrant open-source ecosystem on crates.io, these tools make Rust projects easy to build, test, and maintain at scale.
Our Rust Offering
GNAT Pro for Rust
GNAT Pro for Rust provides a stable, secure, and supported Rust development environment that is ready to meet your high-integrity and certification requirements.
Rust Language Training
Get your team up to speed with Rust; our trainers will take you through the fundamentals.
Novel and Custom Ports
AdaCore has extensive experience building ports to new or custom environments (hardware architectures and real-time operating systems).
Certification Support
AdaCore offers toolchain qualification and run-time certification for GNAT Pro for Rust.
Building Confidence in Critical Systems
Rust plays an increasingly prominent role in modern systems programming, valued for its ability to combine performance, control, and strong safety guarantees. Its design enforces memory safety, type soundness, and freedom from data races, while maintaining low-level efficiency comparable to C and C++. These properties make Rust an attractive choice for domains that demand both speed and reliability, including aerospace, automotive, embedded, and cybersecurity applications. As organizations seek to modernize critical software stacks without compromising safety or performance, Rust continues to expand its footprint as a next-generation language for high-integrity systems.
Expert Guidance
Ready to bring Rust into your high-integrity projects? Our experts can help you adopt GNAT Pro for Rust with the right tools, training, and support.
AdaCore Announces the First Qualification of a Rust Compiler
Read about the first ISO 26262 qualification of a Rust compiler
Rust complements Ada in ways that align perfectly with how we see the future of our tools. With GNAT Pro for Rust, we gain access to an industrial-grade Rust toolchain backed by AdaCore’s expertise and a proven Ada ecosystem. Where Ada offers unmatched reliability and maturity, Rust brings memory safety and a developer experience that encourages clean, robust code. GNAT Pro for Rust allows us to integrate both languages into a unified workflow, this empowers our engineering teams to choose the right language for the right task. This will let us evolve our toolchain with the best of both languages and help us build the next generation of RVS with both confidence and agility.
Find answers to common questions about Rust
We know Rust can be intimidating if you or your teams have not yet been exposed to it - With this in mind AdaCore offers general foundational training with Rust and will work collaboratively with you to identify which specialized training your teams need so we can in turn provide (or develop) the most relevant and impactful material for your situation. Follow this link to make an inquiry.
AdaCore is deeply involved in the Rust community. We work hand-in-hand with the Rust community and are deeply committed to Rust's maturity as a Safety-Critical candidate. AdaCore co-developed and helps maintain the FLS and is a founding member of the Rust Foundation's Safety Critical Rust Consortium (SCRC). AdaCore is also leading the reintroduction of MC/DC coverage support into rustc with the Rust Project.
If you'd like to learn about the SCRC or how to get more involved please follow this link.
