Date: 31/08/2010

Wind River introduces the VxWorks Cert platform combing 2 of its existing safety critical platforms

Wind River has released the Wind River VxWorks Cert Platform, a combination of Wind River's existing VxWorks DO-178B and IEC 61508 safety critical platforms. This new software platform supports C++ and real-time processes (RTP) thus enabling compatibility with existing, imported or reused code.

Wind River says that this product addresses the increasing demand for real-time operating systems with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) safety certification evidence across multiple market segments, including aviation, industrial automation and control, transport, medical, and energy. In these market segments, government and regulatory bodies require more rigorous certification methods and processes to help ensure system safety.

"The need for safety systems are becoming more prevalent, however, customers have limited choices when choosing certified off-the-shelf solutions," said Marc Brown, vice president of marketing and strategy for VxWorks products at Wind River. "By combining our platforms, we're making additional benefits and innovations from different safety critical markets available to each other and providing a solution that simplifies the customer's decision-making process. With new offerings such as Wind River VxWorks Cert Platform, we continue to innovate and invest in the embedded safety critical software market, to help customers overcome obstacles in getting to market with their own solutions."

"Wind River and Presagis have been working together closely to ensure strong product interoperability between the VxWorks Cert Platform and the Presagis SeaWind-178 and VAPS XT-178 products," said Robert Kopersiewich, vice president and product segment lead of embedded graphics at Presagis. "We believe C++ object-oriented tools are the future in certified avionics application development and this new release from Wind River, combined with Presagis product integration and support, will further help our shared customers meet their innovative project requirements."

"As a long-standing certification partner to Wind River, Verocel is proud to create the extensive catalog of certification evidence for global certified programs," said George Romanski, chief executive officer at Verocel. "Safety critical devices have very extensive life spans, and customers are looking for long-term partners like Wind River. Wind River's advancements and investment in COTS certification programs speak volumes about their continued commitment to the safety critical market."

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