Using SCADE to Develop Mission-critical High-quality Radar Application Software

The development of embedded software for radar applications may require software design processes that comply with the DO-178B standard or related processes. This raises issues about cost and productivity associated with the development of such mission-critical applications. In this paper, we introduce the value of the formal design, verification, and implementation technologies offered by modelbased development with SCADE® to develop radar applications and comply with DO-178B. In essence, we look at the problems developers face when confronted with compliance to demanding quality standards and how the SCADE Suite® technology helps them increase their productivity while maintaining the highest level of availability and reliability in their applications. We also discuss the new version standard in development, DO178C.