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First Requirement to Final Avionics Certification — We Fly the Full Cycle

15+

Years avionics software experience

DAL A

Highest design assurance level capability

DO‑178C

Full lifecycle — dev, V&V, certification

India + USA

Bengaluru engineering hub, US presence

Who We Are

We Join Your Program.
We Deliver Your Certification.

Glidepath Technologies is a specialized avionics engineering firm headquartered in Bengaluru, India, with extensive experience supporting US aerospace programs.

Our practice is built entirely around DO-178C software certification, verification and validation, and safety-critical embedded systems. It is not a capability we offer on the side; it is the core of who we are.

We function as a true extension of your engineering organization, deeply embedded in your program, fluent in your regulatory environment, and held to the same accountability as your internal team.

From initial planning through final DER review, we guide your program through the full certification lifecycle, navigating FAA, EASA, and DGCA regulatory requirements with the rigor and traceability that airworthiness authorities demand. Our compliance frameworks are built not just to satisfy audits, but to withstand them, ensuring your software earns its certification on schedule, without surprises.

Our Services

Certification-Ready Deliverables

Every artifact — SDP, SVP, SAS, SRS, test cases — authored to survive DER and FAA scrutiny.

Independent V&V Capability

Fully independent software verification per DO-178C Table A-7, including structural coverage analysis to MC/DC level.

Embedded Systems Fluency

Real-world experience with safety-critical embedded targets — from requirements capture through low-level tests on actual hardware, not just simulation.

India ODC Model

Cost-optimised offshore delivery without sacrificing quality, traceability, or schedule control — giving US and European programs access to senior DO-178C talent at a sustainable engagement model.

Core services

What we deliver

End-to-end DO-178C engineering services — from planning through certification data package.

DO-178C Software Planning

Certification planning that sets the program up for first-pass approval. We author SDP, SVP, SCMP, SQAP aligned to the agreed DAL.

Software Development

Requirements-based embedded software development for avionics LRUs. MISRA-C compliant, traceability-first coding practice.

Verification & Validation

Independent software V&V including unit test, SSIT, HSIT and structural coverage analysis to MC/DC for DAL A.

Certification Support

DER coordination, SOI audits, compliance matrices and complete Software Accomplishment Summary preparation.

DO-254 Hardware Assurance

Design assurance for complex airborne electronic hardware — FPGA, CPLD, ASIC — per DO-254 guidelines.

Systems Engineering

ARP-4754A system development, safety assessment, and FDAL/IDAL allocation bridging aircraft and software levels.

Our process

V-model lifecycle coverage

We cover every stage of the DO-178C V-model — left side development, right side verification — with full traceability throughout.

01

System Requirements

ARP-4754A compliant system requirements, safety allocation and ICD definition

  • FHA / PSSA / SSA
  • FDAL allocation
  • System ICD
06

System Integration Test

Full aircraft / system-level integration verification and validation

  • HSIT on target hardware
  • System test reports
  • Anomaly management
02

Software HLR

High-level requirements traceable to system requirements, reviewed per DO-178C

  • SRS / IRS authoring
  • HLR review checklists
  • Traceability matrix
05

Software Integration Test

SSIT and HSIT execution, data/control coupling analysis

  • Software-Software Integration
  • Hardware-Software Integration
  • Coverage closure
03

Software Architecture

SAD, LLR, IDD — architecture reviewed for correctness, consistency and verifiability

  • SAD / SDD authoring
  • LLR derivation
  • Interface design
04

Unit Testing

Requirements-based unit test cases, host/target execution, structural coverage

  • Statement / Decision coverage
  • MC/DC for DAL A
  • Regression suite

Code — the centre of the V

MISRA-C compliant source code, peer-reviewed, configuration-managed, traceable to LLR. Coding standards verification included.

DAL coverage

Design assurance levels we support

Our team has hands-on experience across all software design assurance levels required by DO-178C.

A

Catastrophic

Failure may cause aircraft loss. Full MC/DC structural coverage required.

MC/DC coverage
B

Hazardous

Failure may cause serious injury or reduced capability. Decision coverage.

Decision coverage
C

Major

Failure reduces operational capability. Statement coverage required.

Statement coverage
D

Minor

Failure causes minor degradation. Reduced DO-178C objective set.

Reduced objectives
E

No effect

No safety impact. No DO-178C objectives apply.

No objectives