Certification of avionics software is an increasingly important subject, since more and more avionics systems in future aircraft will be software equipped. The DO-178B standard provides guidelines for software certification. Re-use of software is emerging, partly enabled by the integrated modular avionics concept, and imposed by a reduction of life-cycle costs. Re-use, however, requires re-certification or certification of software that was not developed according to DO-178B. The DO-178B standard is specially developed to provide a certification basis for avionics software, without going into details of the software development process. Other standards focus on software engineering aspects. We have used the DO-178B standard as a common basis for comparison with DOD-STD-2167A (military), ESA PSS-05-0 (space), and IEC65A(Secretariat)122 (industry). Comparison topics include: life cycles; prescribed documentation; configuration management; verification and validation; quality assurance. All standards prescribe the software development proces;, emphasizing specific aspects in a certain area of interest. The results of our investigation will assist in understanding the rationale behind several standards, and can be used for: certification according to DO-178B of software that was developed using another standard; certification of software using DO-178B, in concert with another standard.
A comparison of standards for software engineering based on DO-178B for certification of avionics systems
Ein Vergleich von DO-1788-Software-Engineering-Standards zur Zertifizierung von Avionik-Systemen
Microprocessors and Microsystems ; 19 , 10 ; 559-563
1995
5 Seiten, 5 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
Avionik , Standardisierung , Software-Engineering , Flugzeug , Software-Lebenszyklus , Kostensenkung , Software-Entwicklung , Militär , Raumfahrt , Industrie , Qualitätssicherung , Dokumentation , Zertifizierung , Verifikation , Validierung , Konfigurationsmanagement , Lebenszyklus , Software-Zertifizierung
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