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Aerospace & Defense

What problem do we address?

The development of airborne software faces the dual challenges of increasing productivity while also protecting safety requirements. So concerned is the industry about safety that it has created the software development certification process, DO-178B, which is applied to the most sensitive types of embedded software development. Development of embedded software with DO-178B safety objectives consumes a tremendous number of resources, in particular for verification activities. SCADE Suite maintains or improves the quality of embedded software while dramatically reducing cost.

AIRBUS has actively participated in the definition and in the follow up of the qualification process of SCADE Suite's Qualified Code Generator 'KCG', thus enabling its use into qualified development environements for airborne software according to the DO 178B regulation.

AIRBUS has also helped disseminating that technology in the aerospace world, in particular in North America, through conferences, industrial contacts and exchanges with certification authorities

SCADE Suite 4.2 is used by Airbus and its equipment providers for the development of the majority of critical software embedded in the A380 and A 400M aircrafts,
as well as the secondary flight controls of the A340-500/600 in operational use since August 2002

Airbus

How does SCADE Suite solve the problem?

Esterel Technologies has standardized and productized a SCADE (Safety-Critical Application Development Environment). The SCADE Code Generator (KCG) is qualified for DO-178B Level A (the highest level of this standard), enabling this important technology to become a de-facto standard in civilian avionics for leaders like Airbus.

Unlike other methods, SCADE enables the immediate creation of production-quality, embeddable code. The design is is Correct by Construction, and the resulting output from our Do-178B Qualifiable Code Generator enables developers to eliminate the low-level testing of SCADE-generated code, reducing project costs from 30-60%.

SCADE has been chosen by more than 60 leading companies including Airbus, Pratt & Whitney, Elbit, Rockwell Collins, Honeywell, Hills Air Force Base, EADS Military, Eurocopter, and Hispano-Suiza. SCADE Suite has been used to create specification-to-code for autopilots, flight control, engine control, braking, cockpit display, power management, and other critical systems.

SCADE has affordable add-in modules that enable the use of complemantary best-in-class development tools, like DOORS®, Simulink®, and all most commercial source code control systems.

Benefits

Costs and time-to-market can be cut by 40-60%.
Increased quality and productivity.
Specification changes and modified code cycle times improve by 3-4x.

How SCADE shortens a V cycle

To immediately integrate these SCADE tools in your own process, please contact Esterel Technologies.