Raytheon WAAS
"Wind River’s certifiable products and support made it a reliable COTS supplier for the WAAS program," said Raytheon’s John Britigan, WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) Program Manager. "We are able to deliver a quality FAA product because of the strong commitment we share with Wind River to meet this safety-critical system’s stringent technology requirements. We look forward to the delivery of WAAS and related avionic systems both in the U.S. and around the world."
| February 5, 2002 | Raytheon to Deliver Advanced Wide Area Augmentation System to the FAA for Certification Using Wind River's VxWorks Operating System |
| Challenge | Solution | Results |
| WAAS is a safety-critical system that monitors and corrects GPS navigation signals to pilots. WAAS had to conform to RTCA DO-178B Level B. |
Proven COTS technology allowed Raytheon to concentrate on implementing the features that make WAAS a safe and reliable solution, without having to worry about the safety of the underlying technology. Wind River worked with the FAA to ensure that the VxWorks Certification Evidence met the requirements of RTCA DO-178B Level A as a COTS certifiable solution. |
Raytheon successfully certified WAAS to RTCA DO-178B Level B. WAAS has been providing pilots with corrected GPS data for many years. |
