Software Testing

Software Quality Services

General Digital™ Software Quality Services provides software testing services for embedded systems software used in high performance, safety critical avionics systems. Our testing services comply with the FAA requirement DO-178B as well as DoD-STD-498 (formerly DoD-STD-2167A).

General Digital™ can implement your existing test requirements, providing a seamless method to outsource this time-consuming task. Alternatively, we will work with you to develop test requirements based on the criticality level of your software application. In addition, we can make recommendations regarding test tools (for automated test case generation) and simulators.

In short, we provide you with an on-time, independent verification effort including:

• Requirement Development
• Test Planning and Execution
• Project Coordination
• Discrepancy Resolution
• Result Reporting

With nearly 300,000 man-hours of testing logged in the last 10 years alone, we have extensive experience with C, ADA, and assembly language for numerous processors. We can provide functional (black box) and structural (white box) testing for any criticality level.

Tests are designed to provide both positive (the unit functions as designed) and negative (the unit does not function beyond the design) test results. To this end, the following specifications are typically implemented in a General Digital™ unit test:

• Overflow Compensation Functionality
• Modified Condition/Decision Coverage
• Boundary Analysis / Equivalence Class Partitioning
• Code Coverage
• Path Coverage
• Statement Coverage

General Digital™ will work with your design engineers, maintaining bias-free organizational independence, to ensure full testing coverage for your release configuration. This includes the resolution of discrepancies found during test as well as thorough documentation of test plans and results.

The result is a low impact off-loading of an entire verification phase yielding a net resource gain for your development team. Let us show you how we can save you valuable time, provide you with concurrent development possibilities, and improve your bottom line.