Wind River Platform for Safety Critical DO-178B delivers the stringent foundation aerospace and defense (A&D) companies need to address the safety aspects of mission-critical applications. Offering complete DO-178B certification evidence, the platform is based on the industry-leading VxWorks operating system and backed by Wind River's 25 years of device software experience, a broad network of hardware and software partners, a world-class support organization, and a specialized professional services team.

Key features and functionality include:

• VxWorks API Conformance: Platform for Safety Critical DO-178B offers a certifiable subset of the VxWorks API and supports C and C++. Ada is supported through partners. This subset was selected to be deterministic and testable, then built into a certifiable kernel with optional certification material available to DO-178B Level A. Debug information and nonessential features are not included in this certifiable kernel, so a full-featured VxWorks kernel is also packaged with the product for development purposes.

• DO-178B Level A Certification Evidence: The platform includes all required documentation to support DO-178B Level A, B, C, and D certification of the operating system. The certification evidence is delivered as a complete package on a CD in an advanced, hyperlinked format for easy navigation and traceability 鈥?an advantage over systems that require expensive, time-consuming certification services.

• Wind River Tornado IDE: Based on Torndo II, this development environment enables users to select from two kernels: VxWorks or the certifiable VxWorks/Cert subset. The Tornado Project Tool provides configuration checks when you choose a subset build definition that will compare your project to the subset definition. Additional benefits include outstanding embedded development and productivity tools, as well as access to third-party tools from the DSO industry's largest partner program.

• Extensive Partner Technologies: To ensure a complete range of integrated technologies, Wind River has established the DSO industry's widest-ranging partner ecosystem, joining forces with leading hardware and software providers to address such technologies as COTS boards, specialized compilers, certification services, and platform simulation applications.