DO-178B Certification
The complexity of embedded computer systems in modern avionics has increased greatly in the last two decades. This has stipulated the necessity to work out some common standarts to ensure the compliance of software to reliability and safety requirements. DO-178B (Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification) guidance for software development provides guidelines for the software lifecycle processes for airborne systems and equipment. It offers mechanisms for checking that software performs its intended function with a level of confidence in safety that complies with airworthiness requirements.
Passing DO-178B certification is virtually a must for any manufacturer of avionics software, however, complying to the guideliness is a non-trivial task that your software developers might find extremely hard to cope with on their own. Being a de-facto industrial standard, DO-178B requires delivery of multiple supporting documents and records. The higher the level of certification sought is, the bigger amount of information (and supporting documents) is needed.
This is where Endigy’s expertise in DO-178B certification can greatly reduce your time and expenses.
Our specialists can:
- Determine the required Design Assurance Level (DAL) through the safety assessment process and hazard analysis
- Perform a DO-178B Gap Analysis
- Assist in process analysis and prepare all necessary planning documents and checklists:
- Plan for software aspects of certification (PSAC)
- Software development plan (SDP)
- Software verification plan (SVP)
- Software configuration management plan (SCMP)
- Software quality assurance plan (SQAP)
- System requirements
- Software requirements Specifications(SRS)
- Software design standard (SDS)
- Software code standard (SCS)
- Review all requirements, design and code
- Perform testing of:
- executable object code
- Unit testing
- Integration testing
- Black box and acceptance testing
- Prepare Quality Assurance documents:
- Software quality assurance records (SQAR)
- Software conformity review (SCR)
- Software accomplishment summary (SAS)
- Develop the hardware required to perform simulation of real operationg environment
The end result of our services if the full document package prepared for certification authority.