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Airbus selects software development suit for unmanned helicopter system

9 September 2020 • In News
Airbus selects software development suit for unmanned helicopter system

The Airbus VSR700 (Image: Airbus)

AdaCore, a proven provider of software development and verification tools, has announced that Airbus Helicopters (France) has selected its GNAT Pro tool suite and the Ada programming language to develop new software components for the VSR700 prototype project.

The VSR700 is Airbus Helicopters’ tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) designed to meet the demanding requirements of global navies and armies in the 21st century.

Airbus Helicopters selected AdaCore’s GNAT Pro Ada for PowerPC VxWorks 6.x/Cert based on several criteria, including ease of integration into the existing development infrastructure, the ability to develop monitoring algorithms, and the capacity to help certify the software up to DO-178C Design Assurance Level B.

Matthieu Vatinet, head of embedded software products, Airbus Helicopters said: “We selected AdaCore and the Ada language because we believe that this technology and related tools will increase the maintainability and quality of our software and make it easier to provide some evidence for certain software certification objectives. The quality of AdaCore’s support was an important advantage, and another anticipated benefit was the ease of developing mature code.”

Jamie Ayre, commercial director at AdaCore commented: “Knowing that the Airbus Helicopters team needed to develop highly reliable and safe code for their VSR700 prototype project, we were extremely pleased that they selected Ada and AdaCore. The GNAT Pro Ada tool suite offers exceptional verification abilities that will help Airbus to detect problems early in their development process when they are easiest and least costly to correct. And our support services will address any questions or issues that may arise.”

AdaCore supplies software development and verification tools for mission-critical, safety-critical and security-critical systems. Four flagship products highlight the company’s offerings. The GNAT Pro development environment is a complete toolset for designing, implementing, and managing applications that demand high reliability and maintainability.

Over the years customers have used AdaCore products to field and maintain a wide range of critical applications in domains such as commercial and military avionics, automotive, railway, space, defence systems, air traffic management/control, medical devices, and financial services.

AdaCore

www.adacore.com

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