Smiths Aerospace Boeing 787 Dreamliner Common Core System
"Smiths Aerospace and Wind River have a long history of partnering to develop innovative, reliable and FAA-certifiable commercial partitioned operating systems and Smiths is delighted to once again be working with Wind River and its Platform Safety Critical ARINC 653," Mike Grady , vice president, Civil and Military Air Transport of Smiths Aerospace. "Working together on this groundbreaking program, we will enable Boeing to further reduce costs, size, and power consumption for the 7E7, while simultaneously providing the interoperability, flexibility and reliability needed to meet today's stringent security and safety requirements."
| Challenge | Solution | Results |
| Smiths needed to find a device software partner to help build out the common core system - the backbone of the airplane's computers, networks and interfacing electronics - for the Boeing 787.
The device software needed to be interoperable, flexible and reliable in order to meet security and safety requirements. | Smiths Aerospace selected Wind River Platform for Safety Critical ARINC.
Wind River Platform for Safety Critical ARINC 653, part of Wind River's Safe and Secure Program, is designed to provide fully integrated device software platforms that meet the stringent safety certifications required by the FAA. | The 787 Common Core System will be comprised of extremely complex device software with 80 to 100 applications running simultaneously.
Smiths and Wind River provided the technology and expertise Boeing requires for this next generation airplane. Wind River's device software will help reduce costs, size, and power consumption for the 787. |
