MDA, meta-modelling and model transformation: introducing new technology into the defence industry

  • Authors:
  • Tony Bloomfield

  • Affiliations:
  • SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems Ltd. (formerly BAE Systems Avionics Ltd), Edinburgh, UK

  • Venue:
  • ECMDA-FA'05 Proceedings of the First European conference on Model Driven Architecture: foundations and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

The paper discusses some practical examples of how Model Driven Architecture (MDA) technology is being applied to some vital issues in the development of avionics systems. A study primarily aimed at addressing the issue of Software Method and Tool obsolescence was conducted by a number of BAE Systems’ sites and York University. It investigated model transformat-ion from legacy Teamwork models to UML models. It then went on to investigate the re-modelling of a component of a legacy avionics system in executable UML, the development of an Ada code generator, and the integration of the resulting auto-generated code into the embedded system without any degradation of functionality and performance. Another Anglo-French study was conducted to investigate software development methods and tools for the challenging Integrated Modular Avionics architecture. Both of these studies contained themes regarding the application of meta-modelling and model transformation.