LDRA Certification Services Brochure

Certification Services
The Comprehensive and
Fully Compliant
Certification Solution
"This applicant saved a lot of time and money using your fast track to compliance
package. I would highly recommend your DER consulting service, including your
document templates and Web-based tools, to any company required to comply
with DO-178B, DO-278 or DO-254"
—FAA Aircraft Certification Office
Executive Summary
Certification Services
LDRA Certification Services (LCS), a division of LDRA, the leading provider
of safety-critical software verification tools and software best practices
for the past 40 years, is now offering the first comprehensive and fully
compliant FAA/EASA certification solution. This offering is facilitated by a
team of certification industry experts who are credentialed across all aviation
disciplines. The LCS Team is also aligned with Development & Verification
specialists who use the LDRA tool suite® and other complementary tools to
accomplish the activities that get your products ready for certification!
LCS provides comprehensive support for a definitive
The most effective way to minimise certification
set of aviation standards. These standards
risk, and its associated cost, is to seek the executive
encompass the following aviation disciplines:
level expertise offered by LCS. Proficient in both
• Aircraft & Systems Development (ARP-4754A)
commercial and military airworthiness regimens,
• Safety Assessment (ARP-4761)
only LCS can address all critical project requirements
• Integrated Modular Avionics (DO-297)
as they relate to certification, including management
• Flight Electronic Hardware (DO-254)
• Flight Software (DO-178B/C)
• Ground Systems (DO-278/A)
and planning, staff training, development,
verification and production. LCS is also unique by
offering fixed price solutions for even the most
challenging certification opportunities.
By overseeing and guiding certification applicants
across these varied disciplines, the LCS
The LCS certification proficiencies and associated
comprehensive solution gives company management
tools extend into other safety - critical markets
the highest level of confidence in the accuracy and
such as industrial control, automotive, medical
completeness of their decision process. LCS can
device, nuclear power and transportation systems.
analyse certification and safety needs from a total
Please contact a LCS representative for additional
aircraft system perspective while assuring that the
information.
individual and exacting aviation standards are met.
LCS Team
Certification Services
Todd R. White, FAA DER
The renowned LCS Team is led by Todd R. White. Todd is a Systems and Equipment FAA DER with Level A
authority on all aircraft systems and equipment for both Software and Airborne Electronic Hardware. As a
DER and certification consultant, Todd has worked with the largest and well-known suppliers of avionics. He
is an Executive Committee Member of the DO-178C / DO-278A Committee, where his invaluable leadership role was formally
recognised by the RTCA President at the closing session. Todd is also an Executive Committee Member of the NextGen Task Force
and holds a leadership role in the U.S. DO-254 Users Group.
Todd is recognised for outstanding DER leadership by key individuals at FAA Head Quarters in Washington D.C. and the Atlanta,
Chicago, Seattle and Los Angeles Aircraft Certification Offices (ACO's). He has also provided DER oversight on projects through
the Fort Worth and Wichita ACO's. Todd has been appointed ODA Administrator and Unit Member at key OEM's and has been
appointed Supplier Airworthiness Specialist DER at Airbus. He is also well known at Transport Canada and EASA (European
Aviation Safety Agency) and has recently been retained as DER for airworthiness at US Army and US Air Force facilities.
Marty Gasiorowski, FAA DER
Another key member of the LCS Team is Marty Gasiorowski, a Systems, Safety and Software DER. He
provides certification consulting services to certification authorities, aircraft OEM’s, aircraft systems and
avionics suppliers. Clients include Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), Bombardier, Pilatus, Eaton,
Goodrich, Lufthansa Systems, IS&S, Performance Software, Curtiss-Wright and Enea. Marty is the industry leader on IMA System
Certification, having presented on the subject at three FAA National Software/AEH Conferences.
Prior to joining the LCS Team, Marty is the Certification Director for Honeywell Aerospace Electronics, managing a 125 person
organisation across 15 Honeywell locations worldwide. He is responsible for interfacing with the FAA and international
certification authorities for all Honeywell Aerospace Electronics systems; product development quality assurance for all
aerospace products and systems, and coordination of Honeywell participation on industry committees.
Holly Hildreth, Ph.D.
Complementing the LCS FAA DER team is safety expert, Holly Hildreth. Dr. Hildreth is an expert in assisting
teams to gain compliance against a wide range of U.S. and international standards including: MIL-STD-882,
RTCA DO-178, NASA-STD-8719 and NASA-STD-8739, IEC 61508, IEC 62304 and STANAG 4404/4452. Dr.
Hildreth’s empirical knowledge of each phase of the software development lifecycle enables her to provide a valuable liaison role
between disparate teams, and between corporate teams and government customers.
Dr. Hildreth brings both depth and breadth of software safety experience. Depth in terms of round-trip safety analysis from
system-level PHL/PHA and FTA flowed into software FTA/FMECA, safety requirements, design, code, and test, flowed back up into
the system level analysis. Breadth in terms of having supported commercial (FAA and medical devices), military (U.S. Army, Navy,
and Air Force), defense (TRW, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, ATK, Booz Allen Hamilton), and aerospace (NASA), as well
as having presented before associated safety review boards including the Navy WSESRB SSSTRP, the Army AFSRB, and the NASA
CSERP.
LCS Support
Certification Services
LCS support encompasses the numerous services performed by the LCS Team and aligned development and verification
specialists . LCS manages these services to conform with the aviation standards and facilitate the information flows depicted
in Figure 1. The LCS support services, offered at fixed prices, are categorised as follows:
• FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER) services
• LDRA Tool Suite services
• DO-178B/C development and verification services
• DO-254 development and verification services
DER Services
LCS FAA DER Services provide key support to LCS clients across the entire product life cycle. Services include Certification
Roadmaps, FAA Compliance Findings and Certification Liaisons (FAA, EASA, TCCA, CAAC). The LCS FAA DER becomes
involved with clients at or near project inception, followed by training and then continues involvement providing Stage of
Involvement (SOI) audits and more general support. In addition to the training and packaged services identified below,
LCS FAA DER consulting days are also available.
Training
Packaged Services
LCS Training includes world-class on-site or Web training
FAA SOI audits are performed by LCS Level A DER’s.
for DO-178C, DO-278A, DO-254, ARP 4754A, ARP 4761A
These audits can be performed for DO-178/DO-278
and IMA (DO-297). Our courses are created and delivered
software levels A through D. Significant price reductions
by Level A FAA DER’s and safety experts. These instructors
are extended to LCMS customers. Gap analyses are also
are recognised experts who have practical experience in
offered for DO-178/DO-278 and DO-254 applicants.
the disciplines they teach. LCS Training features handson tasks and real-world scenarios. Course outlines are
available upon request.
Additional training courses offered are:
• System and Software Certification for Executives
• Quick Start with LCMS
LCS Support
Certification Services
LDRA Tool Suite Services
Code Coverage and Static Analysis Tool
Qualification Support Package
and documents with the verification artifacts available
in TBmanager. TBreq interfaces with requirements
repositories such as DOORS, Word or Excel in order to
There are two Tool Qualification Support Packs (TQSP)
ensure traceability across the software lifecycle and
for DO-178B/C offered by LDRA. The Code Coverage TQSP
verification of the completeness of the requirements
includes LDRA tool suite documentation and a Structural
coverage. Alternatively, LCS customers can choose IRQA,
Coverage validation test suite. The Static Analysis TQSP
a requirements definition and management tool that is
includes the LDRA tool suite documentation and a coding
functionally integrated with TBmanager.
rules validation test suite. These two TQSP’s are also
offered as a single or combined TQSP.
Target License Package
Lifecycle Traceability MatriX (LTX)
Deployment Service
Target License Package (TLP) is a source code license for
The LTX Deployment Service is a consultancy dedicated
remote technical support (email, telephone, web-based)
to the deployment of LDRA Compliance Management
to assist with LDRA tool configuration and set-up. TLP’s
System (LCMS), TBreq, IRQA and TBmanager at the
are cost effectively applied across virtually any C, C++,
client facility. LCMS is linked directly with TBmanager,
Ada or Java source code cross- compiler and associated
providing a seamless integration between project activities
target system.
Intended
Aircraft
Functions
target environment testing (simulator or target CPU) and
Safety Assessment Process
Guidelines & Methods (ARP 4761)
Safety Information
System Design Information
Aircraft and System Development Processes
(ARP 4754A)
IMA Information
Information
Between
Hardware &
Software
Processes
Guidance for Integrated
Modular Avionics (DO-297)
Module
Hardware
Information
Airborne Electronic
Hardware Lifecycle
(DO-254)
Module
Software
Information
Coordination
Figure 1: LCS Standards and Information Flow Management
Information
Between
Hardware &
Software
Processes
Software Development
Lifecycle (DO-178B/C
& DO-278)
LCS Support
Certification Services
DO-254 Design and Verification Services
Using the foremost DO-254 tools in the industry,
LCS offers hardware electronic design at the
box/LRU, board/circuit card, or FPGA level.
The designs will be compliant to DO-254 Level
A through D and all of the artifacts including
documentation, records, and data provided.
Also LCS will accept designs that have been
completed or in the prototype stage and apply
any or all of the DO-254 lifecycle in preparation
for certification. Figure 2 depicts the DO-254
lifecycle which is fully supported by LCS.
Figure 2: DO–254 Lifecycle
DO-178B/C Design and Verification
Services
LCS offers software design for safety critical
embedded systems utilising practically any
microprocessor or microcontroller. LCS has
more than 25 years of experience in safety
critical software design and development.
Also, using the LDRA tool suite®, LCS offers
verification services compliant with DO-178B/C.
The services can be applied to new or existing
software designs for any segment of the
DO-178B/C lifecycle. All of the artifacts including
documentation, records, and data are provided
with the DO-178B/C package levels A through D.
Figure 3 depicts the DO-178B lifecycle which is
Figure 3: DO–178B Lifecycle
fully supported by LCS.
LCS Tools
Certification Services
LCS provides a suite of tools intrinsic to DO-178B/C and DO-254 compliance. These tools provide key support for all phases
of the DO-178B/C and DO-254 lifecycles, including the definition and publishing of all document deliverables and the
production of certification evidence.
These LCS tools include the LDRA tool suite and TBmanager which connects tools that produce a variety of software
(DO-178B/C and DO-278A) and hardware (DO-254) life cycle data. From this connectivity, life cycle data process compliance
is established and products can be certified. Connected tools include:
• LDRA Compliance Management System (LCMS)
• TBreq Connector for DOORS and Microsoft Word or Excel
• IRQA Requirements Definition and Management
In addition to the functional integration of these tools by LDRA into a complete lifecycle solution the LCS Team provides the
proper expertise to ensure their utilisation to meet project requirements, resulting in a significant reduction in certification
costs and risk.
LDRA Tool Suite®
The LDRA tool suite (LDRA) offers a range of qualifiable
verification capabilities that can be applied in support of
most DO-178B/C objectives (including the management
of these objectives themselves). LDRA has established
infrastructure. Moreover, LCMS provides the development
organisation with compliance management tools to help
support compliance evidence collection and provide
visibility to the project team and transparency to the
Certification Authority.
itself as a thought leader in the DO-178B marketplace
TBreq®
with a legacy of hundreds of successful client product
TBreq supports the tracing of requirements and other
certifications including structural coverage for Levels A, B
lifecycle data throughout the development lifecycle.
& C and the application of coding standards. Compliance
Requirements captured from Microsoft Office documents
evidence compiled by LDRA, organised by DO-178B/C and
or third party requirements tools such as DOORS can be
DO-278A objectives, includes requirements definition,
traced through lower level requirements to the source code
verification, validation and traceability data; data coupling
itself, as well as to the associated verification activities and
and control coupling artifacts; design and source code
artifacts produced by the LDRA tool suite.
assets; test coverage artifacts, as well as executable object
code verification artifacts for Software Level A.
LDRA Compliance Management
System Services
IRQA Requirements Definition and Management
IRQA is a state-of-the-art Requirements Definition and
Management (RDM) tool specifically designed to provide
integral support to embedded systems development and
LCMS is widely used by Avionics OEM’s, Avionics Suppliers
verification processes. LDRA's powerful RDM tool helps
and Military Equipment Suppliers as well as the FAA. LCMS
teams build systems, high level and low level requirements
provides a fully compliant infrastructure based on best
specifications. IRQA also adds graphical functions for
practices from industry (clients and RTCA Committees),
supporting the specification organisation and publication
authorities (FAA, EASA, Military) and DER’s. LCMS provides
for large and complex projects, guaranteeing specification
detailed processes and documentation that reflect this
consistency and traceability.
Getting Started with
LDRA Certification Services
Certification Services
3 Easy Steps To Get Started:
Step 1: Receive a Free Consultation with Todd R. White, LCS Team Lead.
Step 2: Review your Free Certification Roadmap Prepared by the LCS Team.
Step 3: Implement the Certification Roadmap.
Please contact a LCS representative for additional information.
A selection of LCS clients in the aerospace industry
www.ldra.com
LDRA Technology Inc. (US)
Lake Amir Office Park 1250 Bayhill Drive Suite # 360
San Bruno CA 94066 Tel: +1 (650) 583 8880
e-mail: [email protected]
LDRA UK & Worldwide
Portside, Monks Ferry, Wirral, CH41 5LH
Tel: +44 (0)151 649 9300
e-mail: [email protected]
LDRA Technology Pvt. Ltd
#2989/1B, 3rd Floor,12th Main, 80 Feet Road, HAL II Stage
Bangalore- 560008. Near BSNL Building
Tel: +91 80 4080 8707
e-mail: [email protected]
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Picture acknowledgements: Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney.
Boeing, Airbus Industries, Embraer.,
LDRA Ltd. reserves the right to change any specifications contained
within this literature without prior notice.

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