LDRA MISRA C:2012 Seminar Demonstrates Plenty of Good Reasons to Upgrade
Free, half-day seminar on MISRA C:2012 gives many reasons to upgrade. Attendees in several US cities learn from standard author how MISRA C:2012 uses more C features while avoiding unsafe constructs. - October 02, 2013
New LDRA Point Tool Automates Test Generation and Unit Test Management
New automated test generation and management point tool delivers comprehensive unit testing for less cost. LDRAunit improves software quality, offers coverage metrics, and eliminates manual scripting. - September 28, 2013
LDRA Gains TÜV SÜD Certification for Industrial Safety, Automotive and Rail Compliance Tools
TÜV SÜD has certified that the LDRA tool suite is qualified for use in safety-related software development for IEC 61508 (industrial safety), ISO 26262 (automotive) and EN 50128 (rail). - September 07, 2013
LDRA Meets FAA Recognition of DO-178C with Comprehensive Verification Compliance
LDRA immediately able to meet all DO-178C/ED-12C guidance following the FAA’s recognition of the standard with a comprehensive DO-178C ecosystem of compliance management tools. - September 05, 2013
LDRA Celebrates Third Year of LDRA India’s Growth with Plans to Open Offices in Delhi and Hyderabad
With a focus on training, LDRA India, now celebrating its 3rd anniversary, assists development of India’s technology industry and service to local companies. Offices to open in Delhi and Hyderabad. - July 16, 2013
LDRA Expands Certification Management Market into Russia’s Safety-Critical Industries
LDRA chooses Softline Group, a leading software and IT services provider in Russia, to distribute LDRA Certification Services and LDRA technology to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. - July 03, 2013
LDRA Integration with Lauterbach TRACE32 Simplifies Code Analysis, Test and Certification
Access to code analysis and certification compliance of LDRA tool suite now integrated into Lauterbach TRACE32, automating software testing and requirements traceability in software development cycle. - June 01, 2013
LDRA Compliance Management System Details Steps to DO-178C, DO-278A and DO-254 Certification
LDRA now offers the LDRA Compliance Management System in cloud and locally hosted versions to help companies manage certification planning, development, verification and regulatory activities for DO-178B/C, DO-278A, and DO-254. - April 24, 2013
LDRA Integration with NI TestStand and NI VeriStand Seamlessly Links Hardware and Software Testing
LDRA tool suite integrated with National Instruments’ TestStand and VeriStand to unify hardware and software testing, significantly reducing manual steps and errors while improving software quality. - April 24, 2013
TÜV SÜD Certification to Confirm LDRA’s Sound Certification Practices and Tools
LDRA begins TÜV SÜD review and certification to fully qualify the LDRA tool suite for software testing and certification for industrial safety (IEC 61508), automotive (ISO 26262) and rail (EN 50128). - February 28, 2013
LDRA Leads the Market with Immediate, Comprehensive Tool Support for MISRA C:2012
LDRA offers the most comprehensive, automated MISRA C:2012 compliance with both a standalone rule checker and a tool portfolio that integrates MISRA C checking into the software-development lifecycle. - February 28, 2013
IBM Rational Rhapsody and LDRA Tool Suite Streamline Model to Verification Process
Integration of the LDRA tool suite with Rhapsody streamlines verification of the model, automating the creation of a test harness and test cases - a typically tedious and error-prone manual process. - October 27, 2012
New LDRA Point Tool Enforces Programming Rules, Improving Software Quality and Consistency
LDRA releases LDRArules, a programming checker based on rules from industry’s largest collection of programming standards. Easily configured, the tool improves code quality and standards compliance. - September 20, 2012
LDRA Technology Inc. Joins the Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) Consortium
LDRA with its DO-178B/C verification tools and certification expertise joins FACE Consortium to help deliver FACE conformant applications. LDRA tool suite will also enforce FACE technical standard. - September 13, 2012
LDRA Tool Suite Selected by Esprit Lean to Prove IEC 62304 Medical Compliance
Esprit Lean, a safety-critical systems development company, selects the LDRA tool suite to prove IEC 62304 medical compliance and manage the certification process for a cancer treatment device. - September 07, 2012
LDRA Interfaces with the Jenkins Continuous Integration Platform
LDRA interface for Jenkins continuous integration eases certification of large-scale systems where software stability and functionality must be monitored through global multiyear development contracts. - August 02, 2012
LDRA and IAR Systems Target IEC 61508 and IEC 62304 Certification of Small-Footprint Architectures
LDRA’s interface to IAR Embedded Workbench ensures even the small, resource-constrained ARM, 8051, AVR, M32C and MSP430 can meet stringent IEC62304, IEC 61508 and DO-178 certification requirements. - June 28, 2012
LDRA Committed to Support All Aerospace Platforms for Certification
LDRA drives home its message of certifiable test and validation support for all platforms with its interface to Atmel’s AVR Studio 4 and ATmega128 that underpin an avionics DO-178C, Level A system. - June 01, 2012
LDRA Offers IEC 62304 and ISO 14971 Certification-Readiness Services for Medical Device
LDRA Certification Services brings expert medical auditors and customized verification tools for medical device manufacturers seeking certification readiness for IEC 62304 and ISO 14971 standards. - May 30, 2012
LDRA Integrates Leading Requirements Engineering Tool IRQA Into LDRA Tool Suite
LDRA integrates IRQA requirements engineering tools to optimize test management, requirements traceability and verification for companies seeking certifications compliance with the LDRA tool suite. - May 30, 2012
LDRA Certification Services Streamlines FAA/EASA Certification at a Fixed Prices
Building on years of FAA/EASA experience, LDRA Certification Services now provides FAA DER-led teams and avionics-tailored products to guide companies to certification readiness at a fixed price. - March 29, 2012
LDRA and MathWorks Tool Integration Moves Unit Testing Upstream to the Model
Complete integration of the LDRA tool suite and MathWorks Simulink modelling tool offers test reuse on both target and model and easier traceability of requirements fulfillment and certification readiness. - March 27, 2012
LDRA Opens Division Dedicated to Comprehensive Certification Services
LDRA creates LDRA Certification Services to help develop certification-ready products for IEC 61508, ISO 26262, DO-178B, and IEC 62304 at a fixed cost using expert auditors and the LDRA tool suite. - February 18, 2012
LDRA Tool Suite Directly Integrates with Altera’s Nios® II Embedded Design Suite
An integration of the LDRA tool suite to Altera Nios II enables certification of these FPGAs to standards such as MISRA, IEC 62304, IEC 61508 and DO-178 - making them ideal for automotive, medical, industrial safety, and avionics. - February 02, 2012
New Release of LDRA Tool Suite Automates Embedded Software Development, Slashing Certification Costs
LDRA ups automation of static and dynamic analysis of certification with latest LDRA tool suite. V9 widens LDRA’s lead in delivering software test and verification for the lowest development costs. - September 29, 2011
LDRA and MathWorks Join Forces to Ease Compliance
LDRA and MathWorks integrated LDRA tool suite with Simulink to provide independent verification of model-generated code. Bidirectional traceability ensures coverage from requirements through test. - September 29, 2011
LDRA Honors Successes of India Office
LDRA recaps the success of its India office for competency centres on certification and testing best practises. New seminars target aerospace, nuclear, defense, medical, rail, automotive and security. - August 20, 2011
LDRA Implements Homeland Security's Secure Programming Guidelines
LDRA adds CWE Compatibility to its long suit of industry and programming standards. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, CWE Compatibility confirms that the LDRA tool suite can identify common programming errors contributing to software containing potentially exploitable vulnerabilities. - May 05, 2011
LDRA Tool Suite—First to Provide Requirements to Object-Code Traceability
LDRA has developed the requirements-to-object–code traceability necessary for devices required to meet the most critical levels of certification. This comprehensive traceability ensures that verification problems found at the object-code level can be quickly and easily traced to the originating source code and requirements levels. - May 05, 2011
LDRA Tools Integrate IEC 61508 Compliance Across the Software Lifecycle
LDRA delivers compliance for IEC 61508, a standard which proves the functional safety of programmable electronic systems performing safety functions. Because of the integration of the LDRA tool suite, LDRA applies compliance to IEC 61508 from requirements through design, code, analysis and testing. - March 03, 2011
LDRA Boosts Automation and Transparency of Test Process
To automate test processes and replace traditional test silos with an integrated test management process, LDRA extends the capabilities of TBmanager, a test management and traceability component within the LDRA tool suite. TBmanager manages the flux between requirements, code and tests, providing improved transparency and consistent test plans. - March 03, 2011
LDRA Delivers Assembler Level Support for MIPS Processors
Targeting legacy applications in aviation, satellite, medical and aerospace, LDRA tool suite delivers assembler code for MIPS processors that ensures applications lacking source code or with hand - or board-specific code can meet stringent FDA & DO-178B requirements. - February 02, 2011
LDRA Tool Suite Extends Certification Support for x86 Assembly Code
LDRA tool suite supports x86 assembler syntax. Catering to a broad range of x86 assembler platforms, including ASM486/386/286/186, Pharlap, MASM and Borland Assembler, the LDRA implementation provides scalable support for any x86 assembler variant. This integration enables certification for legacy applications that would not otherwise be certifiable. - December 16, 2010
LDRA Speeds Medical Device Design with IEC 62304 Compliance
LDRA now supports IEC 62304, a standard for software design of medical products recently adopted by the European Union and the United States. Compliance to this risk-based standard ensures that medical devices whose failure to function correctly could result in death or serious injury will be rigorously testing at a level suitable to their risk. - December 02, 2010
LDRA Delivers ISO 26262 Compliance for Automakers
LDRA has added support for the increasingly adopted ISO/DIS 26262, a functional safety standard for road vehicles. Integrated into the LDRA tool suite, automotive development teams gain not only compliance checking for the ISO 26262 standard, but also full lifecycle support from requirements through design, coding, analysis and verification. - October 28, 2010
LDRA Tool Suite High- and Object-Level Support Extended for Full Range of PowerPCs
LDRA has extended its support for PowerPC family from the PPC440 microcontroller to the high-performance PPC750 across the Wind River and Green Hills RTOS and IDE offerings. Working at either C compiler or Assembly level, the LDRA tool suite integration delivers full DO-178B certification artifacts up to Level A - September 23, 2010
LDRA Interface Maximizes Efficiency and Ease-of-Use
LDRA has beefed up TBmanager, its task-based interface to the LDRA tool suite, to create a common user interface, accommodate regression suites, test scripts and application testing in multiple programming languages - September 23, 2010
LDRA Selects ITEC as Distributor for Israel
LDRA has selected ITEC, Israel's number one development tools supplier to distribute the LDRA tool suite. ITEC will extend LDRA's reach into critical software in defence, medical, embedded, and communication systems. - August 13, 2010
LDRA Technology Private Limited Established to Serve India
LDRA has opened a front-line office in India to provide R&D, sales and support for India’s growing software technology market. The India office will provide local support for LDRA’s current customers in aerospace, defense, nuclear, rail, consulting, and education/research as well as developing new opportunities and markets. - July 22, 2010
LDRA and Visure’s Joint Release of Embed-X Selected for Editor’s Choice Award
Military Embedded Systems applauds value of Application Lifecycle Management solution for complex critical software development. - July 21, 2010
LDRA Integrates LDRA Tool Suite® with Wind River’s River Workbench and VxWorks
LDRA has integrated the LDRA tool suite with Wind River Workbench and VxWorks to form a single work environment for safety-critical apps. Using an Eclipse plug-in, full transparency is available between the tools, allowing Workbench developers direct access to LDRA static, dynamic and unit test capabilities or command-line control of WR tools. - May 27, 2010
LDRA and Codice Software Launch the First Agile Development Framework for Critical Software Processes Through Embed-X
LDRA has partnered with Codice Software to create the first agile development framework for developers of critical software. This integration incorporates rapid prototyping into LDRA Embed-X, an application lifecycle management tool that focuses on development and verification of critical embedded software. - April 29, 2010
LDRA Adds Java Language and Certification Support
LDRA tool suite extends its comprehensive language (C/C++, Ada, Assembler) coverage to take on Java. With DO-178C able to certify OO code and soon to be ratified, developers want to extend the analysis, testing and verification tools they use to certify current software to the Java components typically used for many systems’ communication, networking and user interface. - April 29, 2010
LDRA and Netrino Partner to Offer a Static Analysis Tool That Enforces the Embedded C Coding Standard
LDRA has extended its extensive support of C programming standards by implementing Netrino’s Embedded C Coding Standard. Netrino, specialists in embedded software architecture and process, has developed the Embedded C Coding standard to minimize firmware bugs, improve maintainability, and ensure portability of embedded software. - April 16, 2010
LDRA and Visure Release Embed-X, a Comprehensive Embedded Application Lifecycle Management Solution
LDRA and Visure have launched Embed-X, an end-to-end application lifecycle solution that better manages processes, verification and certification of safety-critical embedded systems. With hardware, IDE and RTOS tool integration, Embed-X streamlines development, automating traceability from requirements through design, code, analysis, test and verification—efforts that identify errors earlier and alleviate budget and schedule overruns. - March 04, 2010
LDRA Tool Suite Integration Maximizes IAR Embedded Workbench Strengths
LDRA has integrated the LDRA tool suite with IAR Embedded Workbench for the PIC18, AVR, AVR32 and MSP430 microcontrollers. Thanks to IAR providing full ANSI C compliance, support for embedded C++ and host-controlled I/O facilities, LDRA can implement all features of the LDRA tool suite, equipping these small-footprint controllers for DO-178B and other rigorous certification standards. - February 20, 2010
LDRA and Visure Partner to Offer Embedded Application Lifecycle Management Solution
LDRA and Visure Solutions are partnering to create the first end-to-end ALM solution targeting the embedded, critical space. With software complexity and volume doubling annually, certified software projects are overrunning budgets and schedules by a factor of two and delivering only 60% of the expected functionality. To enable companies to better integrate systems, LDRA and Visure aim to deliver a solution. - February 05, 2010
LDRA Tool Suite Integrated Into Microchip Technology’s PIC Family
LDRA integrates the LDRA tool suite to Microchip’s PIC18, PIC24 and dsPIC32/33 families and their tool chains. Despite the PIC’s small processor footprint and non-ANSI C code, LDRA offers complete analysis, graphical functionality, and reports. The integration ensures PICs can be used in DO-178B qualified environments. - December 20, 2009
LDRA Wins $1 Million Contract in China’s Manned Spacecraft Program
LDRA and DDC-I have released a turnkey safety-critical software platform certifiable to DO-178B Level A, the FAA’s most demanding level. The integration will enable developers to quickly develop, debug and comprehensively test their applications, reducing development time and cost. - December 18, 2009
Safety-Critical Software Platform Combines DDC-I’s DO-178B RTOS with LDRA’s Analysis and Test Tools
LDRA and DDC-I have released a turnkey safety-critical software platform certifiable to DO-178B Level A, the FAA’s most demanding level. The integration will enable developers to quickly develop, debug and comprehensively test their applications, reducing development time and cost. - October 23, 2009