Vector Software Solutions for Aerospace & Defense
Ensuring that software accomplishes its mission
Planes, tanks, radar systems, satellites, and space craft. The presence of embedded software in defense and aerospace systems is almost endless. But one thing never changes: when the system is used, it must perform flawlessly, or the mission may be in jeopardy. This is why Defense, Space, and Homeland Security companies spend a lot of time and effort testing the software that is embedded in these systems.
How VectorCAST can help
Would you like to accelerate testing and debugging while actually increasing software quality and robustness? If you are developing new code or maintaining a legacy application, the VectorCAST tools: VectorCAST/C++ or VectorCAST/Ada will allow you to test more thoroughly, while drastically cutting the time required to test.
The long life cycle of Defense and Aerospace products, means that testing will be repeated hundreds of times. The automated regression testing that is built into VectorCAST ensures that all testing is repeatable against new versions of the application. By using VectorCAST/Cover, you can produce detailed analysis of the code coverage achieved during system testing. The tool allows you to determine the adequacy of your system testing. If parts of the code are not being covered, then perhaps more testing is required for those areas of the application. You can even replay these tests using the animation feature to better understand the code coverage.
Both tools enable your engineers to create test cases - even complex test scenarios that require sequences of function calls and sets of data, with a few mouse clicks. Likewise, testing the application on the embedded target is just as easy as testing on a simulator or on the host using VectorCAST/RSP
Since VectorCAST/Cover shares coverage information with VectorCAST/C++ and VectorCAST/Ada, you can also use unit or integration test cases to test parts of the application that could not be reached during system test.
Both tools are qualified under DO-178B.
In their own words...
VectorCAST is unique in that it provides us with the ability to increase the reliability and quality
of our flight software. Commercial applications, such as the Boeing 777LR, and defense applications
such as C5 and JSF have benefited from the use of VectorCAST.
It is the backbone of our unit test and software integration lab.
Wayne Young
Honeywell Canada
Sample Customers:
- ACSS - An L-3 Communications & Thales Company, UK
- Astrium GmbH, Germany
- BAE, UK
- Boeing Helicopter, US
- Boeing-Rocketdyne, US
- Curtiss-Wright Corporation, US
- EADS Astrium, Germany
- Electric Boat, US
- General Dynamics Armament Systems, US
- General Dynamics, Canada
- Honeywell, US
- ITT Avionics, US
- L-3 Communications, US
- Lital S.p.A., Italy
- Lockheed Martin, US
- Northrop Grumman, US
- Raytheon Company, US
- Rockwell Collins, US
- Sikorsky, US
- Space Systems/Loral, US
- Tellavio, Italy