AFuzion Develops Draft Documents for Planning Your Entire DO-178C and DO-254 Planning & Certification Effort

AFuzion has been a leader in the aviation industry for over thirty years, with specialized expertise around training, development, and certification of safety-critical software and hardware related to avionics, namely the DO-178C and DO-254 certifications. Having trained over 30, 000 aviation engineers and professionals (a total that is more than all their competitors joined), AFuzion’s detail-oriented approach keeps safety compliance at the forefront for everyone.

AFuzion offers both public and private training, their public courses have spanned worldwide with leading conferences like the Society of Aerospace Engineers (SAE). Their private training is considered as one of the most preferred in the avionics industry among attendees, as it is customized to the specific requirements of each client, at no charge, who also receives access to 25 critical-safety whitepapers developed by the AFuzion team themselves, and attendee numbers are also unlimited with no additional fees required.

Planning Your Entire DO-178C and DO-254 Certification

The DO-178C (software) and DO-254 (hardware) development certifications are similar in their functions to ensure avionics systems function efficiently while airborne. The DO-178C (the revised edition from the DO-178B) is short for ‘Software Considerations in Airborne Systems Equipment Certification’. It’s used as a de facto guideline for avionics software development, some also call it the bible of this field, providing a framework for various avionics authorities to work from to ensure complete transparency during the development phase.

The DO-254 provides a guideline for design assurance in avionics electronic hardware. Training for the DO-254 covers the entire planning process, starting from conceptualization, planning, design, implementation, testing, and validation. The above certifications go hand-in-hand and follow a similar planning process and require planning and software lifecycle documents. Afuzion offers various documents to assist with the DO-178 Planning and DO-254 Planning processes, including Plans and Checklist Templates to keep track of all phases of planning and development.

AFuzion also offers the option to develop draft documents for the entire DO-178C and DO-254 planning and certification process.  They offer the following checklists and templates for the DO-178C (Software):

Software Aspects of Certification

Quality Assurance Plan

Configuration Management Plan

Development Plan

Verification Plan

Requirements Standard

Design Standard

Coding Standard

Configuration Index

Software Requirements

Design Data

Code Review

Test Procedures

Verification Results

Verification Analysis (including Traceability)

Accomplishment Summary

Stage of Involvement (from number 1 to 4)

For the DO-254 (Hardware), the checklists and templates include the following:

Hardware Aspects of Certification

Process Assurance Plan

Configuration Management Plan

Development Plan

Verification and Validation Plan

Development Standards

Installation and Assembly

Configuration Index

Requirements Document

Design Document

Interface Control Data

Hardware Implementation

Test Cases and Procedures

Test Results

Verification Analysis

Traceability

Accomplishment Summary

Final Take

Airborne commercial systems are required by law to adhere to the DO-178C and DO-254 guidelines, and using checklists and plans will provide documentation to prove the planning process before implementation, as well as adherence to the regulations for operating in a commercial airspace. Visit AFuzion’s website for more details on how to download these relevant documents.