Wind River Updates VxWorks DO-178B Platform for Aerospace and Defense Systems

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Entertainment Close-Up, January 21, 2010 Thursday

Wind River, a developer of hardware offerings for the aerospace and defense industries, and Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing announced the immediate availability of Wind River's VxWorks DO-178B Platform.

According to Wind River, the new release of the platform includes complete DO-178B Level A certification evidence for a reference board support package (BSP) for the SVME/DMV-183 single board computer and additional processor support for Intel Core 2 Duo IA-32 and Power Architecture e600 cores.

Wind River said it also offers a pre-packaged solution that includes a BSP with FAA DO-178B certification evidence for the SVME/DMV-183 single board computer. With many customers already leveraging Curtiss-Wright Controls' boards, this solution offers a pre-configured combination that saves time and money.

Specifically, the new features of VxWorks DO-178B Platform include:

-Support for Intel IA-32 architecture, and Power Architecture e600 cores, giving customers developing safety critical applications the option of processors that may provide better performance-to-cost ratios depending on the application. DO-178B level A/B/C/D certification is available on both the Power Architecture e600 and e300 cores;

-Board Support Package (BSP) with DO-178B level A/B/C/D certification evidence for the SVME/DMV-183 single board computer, offering customers a COTS hardware and software solution to save significant time and money when developing safety critical devices.

"Wind River continues to lead the way in delivering software development solutions to meet the rigorous safety certification requirements of the aerospace and defense industry," said Marc Brown, VP, marketing and strategy, VxWorks Product Division, Wind River. "Wind River's partnership with Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing and board support package with DO-178B certification evidence underscore our commitment to helping customers realize efficiencies by using commercial off-the-shelf solutions in safety critical environments."

The new release of VxWorks DO-178B Platform continues Wind River's tradition of basing its safety critical platform on its VxWorks, and thereby the flexibility to migrate to COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) hardware, giving customers the flexibility to use the best hardware that fits their requirements.

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