Software certification of safety-critical avionic systems: DO-178C and its impacts

Author

Won Keun Youn ; Seung Bum Hong ; Kyung Ryoon Oh ; Oh Sung Ahn

Author_Institution

Aeronaut. R&D, Korea Aerosp. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

30

Issue

4

fYear

2015

fDate

Apr-15

Firstpage

4

Lastpage

13

Abstract

This article presents an overview of the new guidelines for safety-critical airborne software contained in DO-178C and supplementary documents. The similarity between DO178B and DO-178C is presented by reviewing the basics of DO178 verification philosophy, and an overview of the major new guidance in DO-178C is presented to highlight what has been changed, along with a description of the impact of DO-178C on the industry. The remaining sections of the article provide a discussion of the new guidelines in the supplementary documents: DO-330 to DO-333.

Keywords

aerospace computing; avionics; certification; safety-critical software; DO-178C; DO-330; DO-333; DO178 verification philosophy; DO178B; safety-critical airborne software; safety-critical avionic systems; software certification; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace navigation; Certification; FAA; Guidelines; Safety; Software development management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAES.2014.140109

Filename

7104300