January 2008:

Crane Aerospace Awards Triakis Contract for A320 LGCIS Avionics VSIL Simulator

Triakis has signed a contract with Crane Aerospace to develop a Virtual System Integration Laboratory (VSIL) simulator for the support of the Airbus A320 Landing Gear Control & Information System software development and testing. This comes after a series of successes with VSIL simulators that have been shown to significantly enhance software quality of on-board computer controlled avionics systems, while reducing development time & expense.

The A320 Landing Gear Control & Interface System (LGCIS) is a DO-178B Level A safety-critical system. The LGCIS communicates the position status and controls the movement of the aircraft landing gear and gear doors. The system comprises two identical electronic boxes and associated proximity sensors and targets. For more information, please refer to the news release from Crane Aerospace.

To our knowledge, no software defects have ever been reported by any airframe manufacturer receiving an avionics system whose software was verified in a Triakis VSIL.