People

PPT staff possess the following certifications:

  • FAA Software Designated Engineering Representative (DER)
  • FAA System Safety Designated Engineering Representative (DER)
Process

Our Process PPT staff utilizes the following processes:

  • Team Software Process (TSP)
  • RTCA’s DO‐178B standards
  • SAE AS5506
Technology

PPT staff utilizes the following technologies:

  • PPT’s Automated Test Vector Generator (ATVG) tool
  • UML
  • C#, C/C++
  • VB.Net
System/Software Integrity

Systems/Software Engineering

Software Development

PPT has experience developing applications and tools that perform specific functions in order to fulfill a customer’s needs or requirements or to provide a unique capability.

  • Tool Development
  • Application Development
  • Software Development for Real‐time embedded systems

 

Systems and Software Safety

PPT has developed a complete lifecycle process to assess and ensure systems and software safety. The phases of this lifecycle can be used separately or combined to meet customer requirements.

  • Requirements Analysis
  • System Analysis
  • Design Analysis
  • Automated Requirements Based Testing
  • Formal Methods

 

DO‐178B

PPT has an FAA Software Designated Engineering Representative on staff and a working relationship with the FAA that allows PPT to provide software certification of aviation software support on behalf of the FAA.

  • FAA certification preparedness
  • DO‐178B training

 

Automated Test Vector Generator (ATVG) Tool

PPT has developed an Automated Test Vector Generator (ATVG) tool to automate testing in support of DO‐178B Level A software certification.

 

Complex Electronics

PPT has experience developing complex systems that meet strict power, size, safety, and performance requirements. We can provide FPGA and ASIC development talent coupled with the crucial safety knowledge necessary for DO‐178B, DO‐254, and MIL‐STD‐882 related systems.

  • Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Solutions VHDL and Verilog IP Core Development
  • Model‐Based Design Implementations
  • VHDL and Verilog IP Core Development
  • Altera and Xilinx FPGA and ASIC Solutions System On a Chip (SOC) Designs