Bill StClair, LDRA Tim King, DDC-I, Inc —
Since its introduction in 1992, DO-178B has been the defacto standard for certifying avionics software. Subsequently, however, avionics software complexity has increased dramatically, software development technology has improved by leaps and bounds, and DO-178B has lagged behind.
Mac Rothstein, GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc. —
The development of a new computing system for a military and aerospace application is fraught with risks that could extend product time to market, drive up costs, or even derail the program altogether. This white paper explores many of the avenues by which risk can enter a system development project, and how a standard COTS-based computer system can be used to advantage to reduce or even eliminate many potential risk issues.
Jeff Hoch, GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc. —
Military and aerospace sector reaps benefits from consumer-led technology developments. The military and aerospace market may be said to have started this situation, first as far back as the late-1970s with the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) that laid the groundwork for the packet-switch networks that, in turn, form the basis of today's Internet, then again with the 1980s Very High-Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC) program that established the blueprints for semiconductor design and manufacturing.
Jeff Hoch, GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc. —
Battlefield communications capabilities are emerging as a top military priority, and vehicle electronics architectures are evolving to ensure that military assets can effectively serve as part of a holistic communications network.
Jeff Hoch, GE Intelligent Platforms, Inc. —
Processors, algorithms and small form factor devices allow for deployment of video tracking and target detection on virtually any type of military and aerospace platform.
Xavier Fornari, Esterel Technologies —
SCADE Suite KCG(tm) follows a systematic and safe approach to generate C code from a Scade model. This document describes the main characteristics of the C code generated by SCADE Suite KCG 6.1.2 and provides an overview of the data and code. structures that are produced.
Xavier Fornari, Esterel Technologies —
SCADE Suite KCG(tm) follows a systematic and safe approach to generate C code from a Scade model. This document describes the main characteristics of the C code generated by SCADE Suite KCG 6.1.2 and provides an overview of the data and code. structures that are produced.
The industry has placed a big bet on future single-chip performance gains coming from increasing core counts, but this will only be a winning wager if software can be programmed to take advantage of parallel processors. Unfortunately, concurrent programming is difficult. However, common concurrency pitfalls can be avoided through static analysis with GrammaTech CodeSonar, which can help find such defects without executing the program.
Jakob Gartner, Esterel Technologies —
During the last three decades, airline industry has undergone fundamental changes. The time after the golden ages of jet airplanes, that started with players like Sud Aviation, DeHavilland, McDonnell-Douglas, Lockheed, and Boeing and culminated with aircraft like the Concorde and the Jumbo-Jet was characterized by two main developments: On one hand a consolidation in the US airframers industry that left only Boeing as player on the civil market, and the advent of Airbus as global player, which could increase its global market share to more than 50% of aircraft over 100 seats.
Acromag Staff, Acromag, Inc. —
VITA 46, 48, and 65: The Next Generation VME system replacement. VITA 46 is the VPX base electrical and mechanical specification. VITA 48 is the VPX REDI cooling spec. VITA 65 is Open VPX. Open VPX was the industry’s attempt to bring order to chaos. Open VPX methodically defines a system of profiles that would fully explain the interactions between the backplane and plug-in modules. The profiles are the physical mapping of resources in the system. This information can then be used to determine compatibility.
