Space Flight Applications

As the shuttle program closes down, many new and exciting projects are undergoing research and development in the space industry. All of these must be certified to fly. Space systems airborne hardware and software often undergo similar lifecycle development to that of avionics systems and must also undergo similar development and testing processes. Guidelines used in avionics are appropriate to use in the space industry. With rigorous configuration management and change control the process can easily be repeated and traceability is defined and available. CERTON can offer assistance in all phases. Planning document templates are provided to make the planning phase effective and efficient. CERTON also performs reviews of requirements for correctness and completeness, making sure they are unambiguous, consistent, verifiable, modifiable, and traceable from the start so developers can focus on the design. CERTON also can perform verification testing on airborne electronic hardware and software and offer test results and code coverage.