DDC-I, a provider of software and professional services for safety-critical applications, together with LDRA, a provider of automated software testing technology, has integrated its DO-178B-certifiable Deos real-time operating system, or “RTOS,” with LDRA’s tool suite, in order to develop an integrated platform that will facilitate developers to market faster with certifiable software that meets safety-critical requirements.

 

Helping developers to incur FAA’s DO-178B Level A safety-critical requirements in their software applications, the new integrated system is mainly targeted at aerospace, defense, telecom, power plant, medical, automotive and industrial control applications.

 

The demand for safety-critical software has increased in other markets such as telecom, power plants, medical, automotive as well as industrial control, apart from traditional aerospace and defense applications, Greg Rose, vice president of marketing at DDC-I, said.

 

Additionally, Rose said that the integration between DDC-I’s RTOS and LDRA’s tool suite provides developers with a turnkey platform that helps in quickly developing, debugging, comprehensively testing as well as deploying safety-critical software, which can be readily certified to the most demanding requirements.

 

DDC-I’s Deos is a high-performance real-time operating system, or “RTOS,” designed for the safety-critical market. This memory-protected RTOS features deterministic real-time response and utilizes patented “slack scheduling” technology to deliver higher CPU utilization than any other safety-critical commercial off the shelf, or “COTS,” RTOS.

 

According to DDC-I officials, Deos is the only certifiable time and space partitioned COTS RTOS built from the ground up for safety-critical applications. And, Deos offers lowest cost path of any COTS RTOS to DO-178B Level A certification.

 

The LDRA tool suite provides developers with complete automated software testing and code analysis - for a broad range of military and aerospace, telecommunications, transportation, power and medical applications. This tool suite is available for a variety of programming languages and supports a wide range of host and target platforms.

 

Covering the complete software development lifecycle, LDRA’s tool suite includes requirements traceability and programming standards checking (i.e., MISRA-C: 2004, MISRA C++: 2008, JSF++ AV and CERT C), code coverage, structural coverage analysis up to DO-178B Level A, automated unit testing, and test verification.

 

Ian Hennell, operations director at LDRA, said that the commercially availability of this off-the-shelf integration between Deos RTOS and LDRA tool suite provides a premier platform that reduces the time as well as cost associated with developing, testing, deploying, and certifying safety-critical software. In addition, this integration also delivers an even higher level of functionality and support.

 

“The LDRA tool suite has already been used extensively with Deos on a custom basis for a number of safety-critical projects, including air data units, navigation systems and ground-based augmentation GPS systems,” Hennell said.