DO-178C: Get on a high with your software development
The guidance document DO-178 “Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment
Certification” was first published in 1982, re-written in 1992 as DO-178B and updated in 2011 as
DO-178C, to reflect the experience accrued to meet today’s aviation industry needs.
LDRA has participated extensively on both the DO-178B3 and DO-178C committees over nearly two
decades. Mike Hennell, LDRA’s CEO, was instrumental in the inclusion of several test measurement
objectives in the standard, including those relating to structural coverage analysis. The LDRA tool suite®
was itself a forerunner in automated verification for certification to both DO-178B, and to its companion
standard, DO-278 for ground-based systems.
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