SEI helps DOT/ VOLPE/FAA/NASA programs and vendors navigate design assurance compliance, with a focus on safe, robust, and reliable solutions.

 

Policy

• Leader in defining software assurance policy for FAA Safety Office 

• Key presence on RTCA DO-178 and DO-278 committees on airborne and ground systems’ software design assurance
   

Assessment

• Safety-driven approach to identify assurance levels for NextGen and system modifications

• Thorough compliance checklists and guidance—in use by FAA Safety Office

• Compliance gap analysis—engaged by FAA to assess compliance for ADS-B, ERAM, STARS, Tower Data Link, Linux O/S

 

Compliance

• Work with vendors to set up assurance level-compliant engineering processes from the start

• Evaluate equivalent methods of compliance for COTS and modified COTS products

• Practical approach to resolve compliance gaps—for acquisitions and modifications in-process