Airborne Software Quality Assurance and Management Based on DO-178C

Abstract

DO-178C as an acceptable compliance standard for airborne software airworthiness,it is clearly required that the software quality assurance(SQA)process must be included in the airborne software integration process.Based on the software life cycle definition,process and data of airborne software,the implementation of the software quality assurance process is analyzed from three aspects of objectives,activities,and compliance review based on DO-178C. In combination with software project quality management techniques and tools,the DO-178C-based software quality management method is studied from the three processes of software quality management planning,software quality management and software quality control,and some practical engineering suggestions are given.The results show that,by combining software quality assurance and quality management,the evidence of airworthiness requirements are generated,the civilian airborne software meeting the requirements is provided,and the quality and continuous improvement measurement are effectively ensured.

Keywords

• do-178c
• airborne software
• quality assurance
• quality management
• airworthiness