The publication and immediate availability of a free booklet, AdaCore Technologies for DO-178C / ED-12C, has been announced by AdaCore, which was written by Quentin Ochem (AdaCore) and certification expert Frédéric Pothon. The booklet addresses the DO-178C / ED-12C standards suite – the ‘core’ DO-178C / ED-12C standard and its technology supplements – and explains many of their more subtle aspects in the context of several different development scenarios.
In so doing, the booklet provides insights into how the Ada and SPARK languages, combined with AdaCore’s products and services, can help customers develop and verify airborne software. Many of AdaCore’s tools have been qualified on safety-critical projects and have qualification material available; using a qualified tool can save considerable effort in demonstrating that various objectives in the DO-178C / ED-12C standards suite have been met.
“DO-178C is one of the most complex software safety standards in the industry,” said Quentin Ochem, lead of Business Development at AdaCore. “This booklet is aimed at software engineers and architects, to help them read between the lines of the standard and better understand the intent, using AdaCore’s technologies to illustrate how to meet the various requirements.”
The booklet approaches its subject matter from several angles. One chapter summarises the Ada and SPARK languages and describes various AdaCore tools, many of which have been qualified or are qualifiable for safety-critical systems:
A major section of the booklet is a chapter that shows how to exploit AdaCore’s technologies to comply with the guidance in the DO-178C / ED-12C suite, in the context of several development scenarios (use cases):
For each use case, the booklet explains which AdaCore technologies are applicable, and which activities in the DO-178C / ED-212 suite they contribute to.
The booklet also includes a set of reference tables that summarise how the various AdaCore technologies help satisfy the specific objectives in the DO-178C / ED-12C suite.
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