Expert Discussion: The FACE™ Technical Standard and Avionics Safety Certification

A major challenge for an avionics software integrator is certifying their avionics systems to meet FAA certification standards such as DO-178C Design Assurance Level (DAL) A. The certification process can be very expensive and time-consuming. Having the capability to port safety-certified software from one avionics platform to another could save millions in long-term life cycle costs. With multicore and graphics processing solution, porting avionics systems code is complicated. The Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) Technical Standard was formed to solve the portability challenge, although it does not directly address DO-178C. The FACE™ Approach integrates technical and business practices that establish a standard common operating environment to support portable capabilities across multiple avionics platforms.

Join a panel of avionics software experts as they discuss the FACE Technical Standard and explore:

• Challenges for next-gen avionics systems development
• Software safety objectives and assurances
• Reuse of safety-certified software across multiple avionics platforms
• FACE Components are interchangeable but not equal
• Assured Multicore Partitioning for FACE™ Systems