Price(s)
- Member
- Price: $1,399
- Non-Member
- Price: $1,699
Next Start Date
- January 1, 2020
Duration
- 2 Days
Location
Washington, DC
Course Overview
RTCA has teamed with MANNARINO Systems & Software Inc. to offer high quality and relevant training for the aviation industry in understanding the development assurance industry guidance material for aircraft and systems. MANNARINO uses their industry experience and technical expertise to provide training on the standard and recommended practices proposed by the SAE ARP4754A document.
This course covers in detail, industry guidance for the development of aircraft and aircraft systems and how this guidance is deployed in industry in terms of practical application within a company’s engineering processes and demonstration of compliance to ARP4754A objectives. The training provides a detailed review of the guidelines for System Development Assurance, applicable to commercial aircrafts and systems. It provides detailed guidance on which processes are required to develop and verify aircraft and systems, as well how these processes are tailored to the different aircraft systems and Functional Design Assurance Levels (FDAL), and it provides recommendations on the level of validation and verification rigor to be applied for each aircraft and system function based on FDAL. It provides in-class workshops with examples of the application of the guidance material for system & safety aspects.
Course Fees
Member | $1,399 |
Non-Member | $1,699 |
Course Schedule
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- Introduction
- Overview – SAE ARP4754A and ARP4754B Draft
- Aircraft and System Development Overview
- Interfaces to Safety Processes (FDAL & IDAL)
- Interfaces to Hardware and Software Processes
- Planning Process
- Configuration Management Process
- Process Assurance
- Certification Coordination
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- Development Process
Defining Functions & Architecture
Requirements Capturing & Layering
Assumptions- Validation Process
Validation Methods
Validation Matrix
Validation Workshop- Verification Process
Verification Methods
Verification Matrix
Verification Workshop- Additional Considerations
Modifications to Aircraft or Systems
Model-Based Development
Tool Use & Qualifications- Questions and Answers

Amanda Melles
Software & Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) Design Approval Representative (DAR) Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA)Ms. Amanda Melles is a Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) Software & Airborne Electronic Hardware (AEH) Design Approval Representative (DAR) and…
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John Mannarino
President and founderJohn Mannarino is President and founder of MANNARINO Systems & Software Inc (est. 1998). Initially an expert consultant in the field…
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