Aerospace & Defense
Mission-Critical Software. Zero Compromise.
Toolchains qualified and qualifiable for DO-178C, with complete structural coverage, traceability, and audit-ready evidence for the most demanding certification paths.
Aerospace and defense software operates in environments where failure is not an option. From flight control systems to mission computers and avionics displays, every line of code must meet the most rigorous certification standards in the industry. GSAS provides toolchains that are qualified or qualifiable for DO-178C at all Design Assurance Levels, with complete structural coverage analysis, requirements traceability, and audit-ready evidence packages.
Our portfolio is built around tools that have a proven track record in aerospace certification. Klocwork and Helix QAC deliver deep static analysis with DO-178C code standards coverage, while TESSY by Razorcat provides automated unit testing with MC/DC structural coverage analysis required for DAL A certification. Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSa, the safety-qualified variant of Arm Compiler 6, provides TUV SUD certified compilation for Cortex-M and Cortex-R targets. Combined with Perforce Helix ALM for requirements, test, and change traceability, teams can maintain complete lifecycle data integrity from requirements through deployment.
GSAS understands the unique procurement and compliance requirements of India’s defence and aerospace sector, including defence research laboratories, aerospace primes, and private defence manufacturers. Our local engineering services team provides tool qualification support, training, and integration assistance tailored to the specific needs of Indian defense programs.
Edge AI and Vision for Defence Platforms
Modern defence programmes increasingly carry on-edge AI and vision workloads, ISR camera payloads with TensorRT-accelerated target detection on NVIDIA Jetson Orin AGX, multi-sensor perception on Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ / Versal AI Edge for ruggedised situational-awareness assets, and TinyML threat-classification on Cortex-M55 + Ethos-U inside battery-powered field sensors. GSAS’s Edge AI & Vision Engineering Services capability covers this stack inside the constraints defence programmes actually live with: air-gapped development networks (Local License Server for tool chains), MIL-grade environmental envelopes, deterministic inference timing, and the static-analysis discipline that survives a defence-audit walk-through.
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What We Bring
GSAS Capabilities for Aerospace & Defense
Beyond tools, engineering services, compliance consulting, and hands-on support tailored to Aerospace & Defense teams.
Embedded Software Engineering
DO-178C compliant firmware, safety-critical RTOS, real-time systems for avionics.
Safety & Compliance Engineering
DO-178C DAL A-E, DO-254, MIL-STD-498, requirements traceability, verification evidence.
Testing & Verification
Structural coverage analysis, requirements-based testing, MC/DC coverage, static analysis.
Test & Measurement Integration
Oscilloscope-based signal analysis, protocol decode, power profiling for defense electronics.
Recommended Tools
Products for Aerospace & Defense
Curated from our portfolio of authorized global partnerships, the tools that Aerospace & Defense engineering teams use most.
Klocwork
Klocwork by Perforce is a scalable SAST tool for C, C++, C#, Rust, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Kotlin, built for DevSecOps with incremental analysis, MISRA, CERT, and CWE enforcement, and TUV SUD certified ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 tool qualification. Deployed and supported across India by GSAS.
Helix QAC
MISRA compliance analysis tool for C and C++ with qualification kits for automotive and safety-critical certification. India pricing and local support from GSAS.
TESSY
Automated dynamic unit, module, and integration testing for embedded C/C++ with MC/DC coverage. Qualified by Razorcat for safety-related software development per IEC 61508, IEC 62304, ISO 26262 and EN 50128. Buy in India from GSAS.
Arm Compiler for Embedded FuSa
Safety-certified C/C++ compiler for Cortex-M/R/A, TUV SUD qualified to ISO 26262 ASIL D, IEC 61508 SIL 3, EN 50716 (Railways) SIL 4, and IEC 62304 Class C per Arm's published Safety Manual. GSAS India partner.
Helix ALM
Requirements management, test management, and issue tracking platform with end-to-end traceability for safety-critical and regulated development. Buy in India from GSAS with local support.
Compliance
Standards & Toolchain Mapping
Standards listed for Aerospace & Defense, and the GSAS tools this site places against each. A chip shows a published qualification scope where one exists, and the bare standard name where none does.
DO-254, MIL-STD-498 are listed in this page's standards set, but no tool in the table below carries a published qualification against them, and GSAS does not claim one. Which of these applies to a given programme depends on its scope, jurisdiction and certification basis.
| Tool | Applicable Standards |
|---|---|
| Klocwork (Perforce) | DO-178C: certificate not scoped to itMISRA C |
| QA-C / Helix QAC (Perforce) | DO-178C via DO-330 packMISRA C |
| TESSY (Razorcat) | DO-178C via DO-330 by the applicant |
Blog
Latest Thinking: Aerospace & Defense
GSAS Partners with Solid Sands to Bring Compiler and Library Qualification to India
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JTAG-HS3 vs HS2 FPGA Programming Cable: Boundary Scan, Production & Validation in India
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MSC Software Is Now Part of Cadence: What the Hexagon Acquisition Means for Indian Simulation Teams
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Maintaining Legacy Electronics: How VI Curve Testing Extends Equipment Life in India
How VI curve tracing enables maintenance of legacy electronics when schematics are unavailable and replacement boards are discontinued, applications in defence, railways, industrial, and medical sectors in India.
MSC Nastran: Six Decades of Structural FEA and Why It Still Matters in India
MSC Nastran is the reference structural FEA solver for aerospace certification, automotive NVH, and heavy engineering. Here is why Indian engineering teams rely on it, from SOL 101 to SOL 700.
CAE Simulation for Aerospace in India: Structural, Aeroelastic, and Acoustic Analysis with Cadence
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Continuous Development and CI/CD for Embedded Systems in India
Continuous development transforms embedded workflows by automating build, test, and analysis cycles. Indian teams adopting CI/CD with static analysis are shipping safer software faster.
DO-178C Compliance for Indian Aerospace and Defence Software Teams
India's aerospace and defence sector is in the midst of a historic transformation.
Functional Safety for Indian Automotive and EMS: Meeting ISO 26262 and IEC 61508
A practical guide to functional safety standards for Indian automotive, two-wheeler, and EMS teams, covering ISO 26262, IEC 61508, IEC 62304, and the GSAS safety toolchain from Perforce, Arm, Segger, and Razorcat.
Static Application Security Testing: Why 50% of Vulnerabilities Start in Source Code
Half of all security defects originate at the source code level. SAST tools like Klocwork identify vulnerabilities during development, before they reach production. Here's what Indian engineering teams need to know.
Writing Secure C Code: Best Practices for Indian Embedded Engineers
Exploitable coding errors, not sophisticated attacks, are behind a large share of security incidents in embedded systems. Here is how Indian engineering teams can adopt secure C coding practices using proven frameworks and tools.
What Is CWE? Understanding Common Weakness Enumeration for Secure Embedded Software
CWE stands for Common Weakness Enumeration, the community-developed catalogue of software and hardware weakness types that names the coding patterns behind recurring vulnerabilities in embedded C and C++.
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