A Set of Requirements for Certification of Airborne Military Software

The development of embedded military software requires certification and must comply with safety and mission requirements. In recent years, these types of systems have become more complex, resulting in the adoption of more rigorous software standards and processes. Specially in military aviation, there is a trend of using standards and processes successfully applied in civil aviation, such as the RTCA standard DO-178C. This article presents a set of requirements for the certification of Airborne Military Software (AMS) that improve the Software Product quality needed for safety and mission accomplishment.