Customer case studies

The following customer case studies have all been published in IPL's Testing Times newsletter.

Aerospace and Avionics

• AdaCore Technologies
  This company used AdaTEST 95 to help validate a new Ravenscar-compliant Ada run-time for use on European Space Agency on-board systems.
• Astrium visit the Astrium web site here.
  Use of AdaTEST 95 by Astrium UK on two projects: RadarSat-2 and Beagle 2.
• Astrium visit the Astrium (formerly BAe Space Systems) web site here.
  Experiences of BAe Space Systems with AdaTEST on a key satellite, Polar Platform.
• BAe Systems (formerly Siemens Plessey Systems)
  Evaluation and deployment of AdaTEST for the New En-Route Centre system for the UK Civil Aviation Authority.
• BAe Systems (formerly British Aerospace Systems and Equipment)
  Evaluation of AdaTEST on Video Image Tracking System in aircraft, and its successful deployment on a number of other projects.
• Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems
  Testing with AdaTEST by the LMAS company in Marietta for the F-22 fighter aircraft.
• Saab Aerosystems
  Use of AdaTEST 95 on the Gripen Stores Management System - a DO-178B Level A project.
• Smiths Aerospace
  Use of AdaTEST 95 by Smiths Aerospace on two Boeing 777, DO-78B Level B projects
• Thales Optronics (formerly Pilkington Optronics)
  Selection and use of AdaTEST for an Infra-Red Search and Track system on the European Fighter Aircraft.
• Ultra Electronics
  Use of AdaTEST on the de Havilland Dash 8 Q 400's Propeller Electronic Controller and several varied other projects since.
• Vibro-Meter
  Use of Cantata over seven years for testing to DO-178B Level B standard, of a number of aero-engine monitoring units.

Land Transport

• Alcatel Berlin
  Alcatel's experiences of using Cantata++ during development of an automated, high-speed transport system.
• Highways Agency
  Use of Cantata++ on the UK National Motorway Communication System, developed under IEC 61508.

Telecom / Datacom

• Dr Keil Informationstechnik
  Cantata for testing of a Client-Server German telecom network management system with intensive user-interfaces implemented in C++.
• Iskratel
  Use of Klocwork by Iskratel for defect detection in telecoms equipment software.
• Marconi Communications
  Cantata++ testing C++ Intelligent Networks products for telco's to operate, maintain and extend services to millions of domestic and commercial subscribers.
• Simoco Digital Systems (formerly Philips Private Mobile Radio)
  Adoption of Cantata for testing a large control room system for a major utility company, and changes to their software development strategy.

Medical

• GE Medical Systems
  The FDA Guidelines on software for medical systems place stringent requirements on testing. This case study illustrates use of Cantata++ in meeting those demands and how outsource of testing was managed.
• Hamilton Medical
  Case study illustrating use of Cantata++ to develop FDA-compliant software for safety-related medical equipment.

Miscellaneous

• Britannic Building Society
  The move into object oriented C++, RAD development and how Cantata helped them create a structured bottom-up testing production line.
• Data Systems and Solutions (formerly Rolls Royce and Associates)
  Use of AdaTEST and Cantata on several high-integrity projects: a Def Stan 00-55 pilot project, a Digital Electronic Engine Controller, and a Nuclear Monitoring system.
• Data Systems and Solutions (formerly Rolls Royce and Associates)
  Use of Cantata++ on three projects: a test system for the Rolls-Royce Adour Mk 106 gas turbine engine in Jaguar strike aircraft, a railway signalling configuration tool, a Dynamic Test System for a Primary Reactor Protection System in the nuclear industry.
• Securicor Electronics
  30-40% productivity gains made by introducing Cantata on their G-92 product range of sophisticated security equipment.