DO-254 Insights

What is DO-254?

DO-254, formally titled "Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware," is a standard providing guidance for the development of airborne electronic hardware. It's used to ensure safety-critical avionics hardware meets stringent reliability and safety requirements. It covers the entire hardware development lifecycle, from conceptual design to verification and validation, requiring rigorous documentation and testing at each stage.

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What other technologies are related to DO-254?

DO-254 Complementary Technologies

DO-178

DO-178 (and its variants) addresses software aspects of airborne systems and equipment certification, while DO-254 addresses hardware. They are used together to certify an entire system.

mentioned alongside DO-254 in 44% (1.2k) of relevant job posts

ARP4754A

ARP4754A provides guidelines for the development of aircraft systems. It defines the system-level requirements that the hardware (covered by DO-254) must satisfy, so it is complementary.

mentioned alongside DO-254 in 47% (318) of relevant job posts

DO-178B/C

DO-178B and DO-178C are earlier versions of the software standard. They relate to software development whereas DO-254 is hardware, so are complementary.

mentioned alongside DO-254 in 37% (374) of relevant job posts