Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: LDRA | Subject: LDRA tool suite
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 01 April 2008
Rocket scientists aim for software
success
Tool suite will assist Orion developers in software standards checking, analysis of code coverage, unit testing and object code verification.
Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMCO) has selected the LDRA tool suite to enable developers on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) programme to achieve its software development goals Aimed at safely transferring astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS), the Moon, Mars and other destinations beyond low earth orbit (LEO), the Orion CEV is a state-of-the-art human space flight system
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Jan 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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