THE AVIATION DEVELOPMENT ECOSYSTEM: Applying DO-178C, ARP4754A, DO-254, & Related Guideline

Until this book, aviation developers were frantically forced to search thousands of aviation standards for relevant information on aircraft, systems, software, and hardware development. Similar to designing a skyscraper by searching through a hardware store for parts. But Today, aviation systems are increasingly integrated, complex, and inter-related; indeed, a new Ecosystem approach is required to succeed in aviation development. In his latest book Aviation Development Ecosystem, one of the world’s foremost authorities on aviation development and certification clearly describes and explains in detail the true “Ecosystem” of aviation Safety, Systems, Hardware, and Software and “How To” apply the related standards and guidelines TOGETHER, including the following for aircraft, ground systems, eVTOL, rotorcraft, civil aviation, and military aircraft: DO-178C for Airborne Software: ARP4754A for Aircraft & Systems Development ARP4761 for Safety & Assessments DO-254 for Airborne Hardware DO-278A for Ground & Satellite Based Systems TSO’s, TC/STC’s, & PMA’s DO-330 for Software Tool Qualification DO-331 for Model-Based Development DO-332 for Object Oriented Technology DO-160 for Environmental Testing DO-200B for Aeronautical Data DO-326A for Cyber-Security Multi-Core Processing Requirements, Design and Logic/Code Implementation Validation & Verification Traceability & Transition Criteria Aviation Plans, Standards, & Checklists Quality Assurance & Certification Mitigating Common Mistakes Reducing Engineering / Certification Costs & Risks Best Practices and How-To-Succeed in Aviation Development & Certification The author, Mr. Vance Hilderman, was the principal founder/CTO of three of the world’s most significant aviation development/certification companies including TekSci, HighRely, and AFuzion. Hilderman has trained over 25,500 engineers in 700 aviation companies and 30 countries the above topics. His intellectual property is in use by 70% of the world’s top 300 aviation and systems developers worldwide, and he has employed and personally presided over 500 of the world’s foremost aviation engineers on 300+ projects the past thirty-five years. This book is the Capstone of his career and he readily provides the practical knowledge gained via tens of thousands of hours personally designing and certifying the aviation systems relied upon today for civil aircraft, military aircraft, UAV’s, eVTOL, satellites, ground systems, and UAS’s. “Vance Hilderman's ability to explain the lifecycle of developing, testing, verifying, validating, and ultimately achieving certification on safety-critical airborne software and hardware systems is evident in his latest work. Aviation Development Ecosystem is truly the capstone of his 35-year career designing and teaching engineers who would go on to advance the concept of airborne hardware and software.” - Woodrow Bellamy III, Editor-in-Chief, Avionics International “After 7 years in the making and with Vance’s track record it’s safe to assume this is well worth the read. Vance has a unapparelled way of saying it how it is, and from the lay person to expert Avionics reader, this book covers all bases. “ - Adrian Broadbent, CEO Aerospace Tech Week and Aerospace Tech Review “Vance Hilderman is considered one of the foremost expert.