Airborne software concerns in civil aviation certification

  • Authors:

  • Benedito Sakugawa;Edson Cury;Edgar Toshiro Yano

  • Affiliations:

  • Industrial Fostering and Coordination Institute –IFI/CTA, Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil;Industrial Fostering and Coordination Institute –IFI/CTA, Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil;Technological Institute of Aeronautic – ITA/CTA, Vila das Acácias, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • LADC'05 Proceedings of the Second Latin-American conference on Dependable Computing
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

In the civil aviation certification the software has an unlike treatment due to its peculiarities and also for being a relatively new item. There is no specific software certification requirement in the FAR – FAR 33.28 is the only section that mentions the word software. The FAA recognizes the considerations presented in RTCA/DO-178B as an acceptable means for approval of software used in airborne systems for civil aviation. The CTA/IFI/CAvC, responsible for the type certification in Brazil, has been applying RTCA/DO-178B since it was issued. The purpose of this paper is to present the experience of CTA in applying DO-178B, focusing on those technical issues that were source of controversy among certification authorities and industries. This paper is relevant at present time as RTCA and EUROCAE have recently organized a Special Committee intending to issue DO-178C by the end of 2008.