SSM and Tektronik Organized a Conference on Cockpit Display Systems

Guest speakers from Wind River and Esterel Technologies attended the conference.

In the opening speech, Mr. Sezai Özturk, Industrial Quality Manager of SSM noted that the civilian aviation standards seen to open way to military aviation standards, and successful implementation of these standards would open up possibilities for Turkish defense industry to develop world-class indigenous products.

Tektronik’s founder Mr. Hakan Yavuz, in the welcome speech, described the avionics standards to be discussed today and introduced the guest speakers. Yavuz also shared the news that Tektronik awarded as the winner of Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA in Software Sector, made public in London and shared this honor as a member of Turkish Defense Industry. Yavuz thanked SSM for their support and contribution to make this conference happen.

Wind River’s Aviation and Defence Systems Manager, Alex Wilson, shared the ARINC653 standard that defines the methods of safety critical and aviation certifiable system development in Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) architectures with time and space partitioning.

In the second session, Alex Wilson presented the virtualization and hypervisor solutions that are keys to utilize the power of today’s multi-core processors, in mission and safety critical systems development.

Second guest speaker, Dr. Bernard Dion, CTO of Esterel Technologies and active member of RTCA Do178C committee, presented the new requirements came in Do178C and presented a roadmap for transitioning from Do178B to Do178C.

Third guest speaker, Vincent Rossignol, General Manager and founder of Esterel Technologies CDS (Cockpit Display Systems) and the Secretary of Arınç CDS Committee, presented the Arınç 661 standard for Interactive Cockpit Display Systems; methods and considerations for certification of Arınç 661 compatible graphics generation systems for air platforms.