AFuzion Provides Free Resources on DO-178C: Here’s How To Access Them

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(Newswire.net — December 2, 2020) —

Access to information which has been carefully put together by professionals often comes at a significant price. AFuzion, a global leader in avionics, combats this by providing some free resources to get your started on the DO-178C learning process.  

The company is led by industry experts who have decades worth of experience, and the company prides itself on being the developer of the first training in DO-178C in the world. The company has provided training to more than 8,000 engineers in 45+ countries all around the world, and they have established both private and public training programs. 

What does AFuzion do?

AFuzion is an established avionics company with extensive reach in the industry. They have formed a significant part of aircraft and system development all over the world through the improvement of engineering, efficiency, certification, and safety. The importance of safety cannot be understated and the engineering expertise of AFuzion has infiltrated 90% of the world’s aviation advancement. 

This is what DO-178C is:

DO-178C can simply be explained as the framework for the development of airborne software which is utilised by certification controls such as Transport Canada, EASA, and the FAA to give credence to commercial software-based aerospace systems. It’s origin in the 80’s was a precedent to any actual software in safety-critical systems, but it has ended up as the personification of those systems. 

The document currently exists as the best standard to be used by development personnel and certification authorities, and is especially useful to engineers and managers. 

What training does the company provide? 

AFuzion is a global leader in the provision of development and certification training related to avionics. As a company they have trained more individuals than all other companies combined. On offer is private on-site training all around the world and public training which takes place every year around the globe. 

Private training

Apart from DO-178 training, they also provide further training for safety-critical system development, compliance, and certification with focus areas on:

  • Aviation CNS/ATM, and Data
  • Aviation and Avionics safety
  • Avionics Software Development
  • Transportation and Automotive
  • Avionics Systems Development 
  • Avionics Hardware Development

Private training includes customization for unique requirements and no limit to the number of people attending – most often with no additional cost attached. Those who are a part of the training get the benefit of access to technical safety-critical whitepapers which form part of the biggest collection in the world. These whitepapers have been established by engineers with outstanding expertise and decades of experience in the industry. 

Public training

AFuzion is the sole company which has been approved for permanent hosting by big global conferences such as:

  • Society of Aerospace Engineers (SAE)
  • Aerospace Tech Week 
  • Digital Avionics Systems Conference (IEEE DASC)
  • Electronics Valley

They provide more than 50 courses to the public over the course of each year. 

These are the free resources that are available: 

Apart from providing access to free whitepapers, they also offer free training videos which can all be requested from the company website.