Esterel Technologies and TekSci Announce Partnership to Promote Efficient DO 178B Development For Avionics
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov, 18,
2002--Esterel Technologies, a global provider of design solutions for
safety-critical systems, and TekSci, consultants for real-time and
embedded software solutions for the high reliability, real-time
community, have announced a partnership to provide their North
American customers with safety-critical software development tools and
consulting services.
Esterel Technologies will provide TekSci with its flagship
product, SCADE Suite(TM). SCADE Suite is the leading solution in
Europe for developing embedded software that must meet stringent
Avionics standards, including DO 178B, and is used extensively by
companies like Airbus, Eurocopter and Dassault Aviation. SCADE has
recently been introduced in the United States and has growing
acceptance from such leading organizations as Pratt-Whitney, Rockwell
Collins, Hispano Suiza, and Aircraft Braking Systems.
TekSci will serve as an engineering consulting service provider to
Esterel Technologies' customers and other users.
"This is exactly the type of partnership that will maximize the
benefits to our customers. With TekSci's consulting expertise and our
proven SCADE Suite technology, we can help our customers in achieve
better time to market, especially if they are engaged in the DO 178B
development process," said Jean-Marc Talbot, CEO of Esterel
Technologies Inc.
"This partnership will extend the consulting capabilities of
TekSci. We knew that SCADE was heavily used by the European
aeronautics industry and becoming the de facto standard for the
development of safety-critical airborne software," said Vance
Hilderman, CEO of TekSci. "We are confident that SCADE will be rapidly
adopted by the U.S. avionics industry and other safety and mission
critical applications. Our consulting services will help customers to
quickly benefit from the SCADE based development process."
About TekSci
Founded in 1989 by real-time technologists with an assist from one
of the Fortune 100 companies, TekSci has, from its inception, focused
on providing quality software and engineering services to the
real-time embedded community.
TekSci has engaged in projects to develop many different, complex
telecommunications systems/products, map the floor of the world's
oceans, provide global satellite communications, provide all types of
advanced avionics development/test, research and develop aircraft
seat-back entertainment and electronic library systems, provide
electronic proximity sensing and provide scheduling of kidney dialysis
patients.
About Esterel Technologies
Esterel Technologies provides electronic system and embedded
software designers with methodologies and tools that improve their
productivity and remove the barriers between system specification,
implementation, and validation. The company's products automate costly
and time-consuming coding and validation work through executable
specification, intelligent test suite generation and automatic code
generation. Esterel Technologies is an international company with
offices in France, Germany, U.K., and the United States. For more
information: www.esterel-technologies.com.
Contact:
Esterel Technologies
Linda Prowse Fosler, 650/641-1706
linda.prowse-fosler@esterel-technologies.com
or
Cayenne Communication
Michelle Clancy, 252/940-0981
michelle.clancy@cayennecom.com
Source:
Esterel Technologies
