Our DO-254 Industry Group is the world’s largest group of avionics companies and DO-254 avionics product and services providers sharing a common mission: helping each other, and you, achieve DO-254 success with your hardware.
DO-254, also called DO254 and D0-254, or simply just “254”, is the worldwide avionics hardware standard with which all airborne hardware is required to comply. DO254 is considered the world’s strictest hardware standard, and influences other domains including medical devices, transportation, and telecommunications. This site is devoted to improving hardware safety, productivity, and cost-effectiveness for all companies and persons involved in safety-critical hardware.
Members receive the following benefits:
- Access to the complete DO-254 information provided by industry leaders
- Access to proprietary DO-254 whitepapers and DO-254 Webinars
- Access to the latest aerospace information and news
- Access to solutions provided by hands-on aerospace experts
- Discounted DO-254 products and services
- Discounted DO-254 Gap Analysis and DO-254 to privately assess your organization Discounted DO-254 Checklists, & Processes
- Proprietary product information on DO-254 RTOSs, DO-254 Design Tools, DO-254 Test Tools, and DO-254 Requirements Tools
- Invitations to private avionics hardware related seminars and meetings
The DO-254 Industry Group is dedicated to enhancing aircraft safety through the rigorous application of the DO-254 standard for airborne hardware. This standard is crucial for aircraft maintenance, as it ensures that all hardware components, from design to implementation, meet the world’s strictest safety requirements. By providing members with access to expert knowledge, proprietary resources, and discounted tools for DO-254 gap analysis and checklists, the organization empowers maintenance professionals and companies to improve safety, productivity, and cost-effectiveness. This commitment to continuous improvement ensures that the hardware used in aircraft is reliable and safe, ultimately contributing to safer skies for everyone.
Importance for Aviation Maintenance
Training in the DO-254 standard is essential for aircraft mechanic schools, as it directly prepares students for the stringent safety and compliance demands of the aviation industry. By incorporating DO-254 principles into the curriculum, these schools can teach future mechanics how to work with the safety-critical hardware that is integral to modern aircraft. This education, bolstered by the resources of the DO-254 Industry Group, would provide students with a foundational understanding of hardware development, verification, and validation. Ultimately, this ensures that graduates are not only skilled in traditional maintenance tasks, but also competent in the documentation and processes required to certify airborne hardware, making them highly valuable assets in the aerospace sector.
The DO-254 standard is currently undergoing a significant update to address advancements in technology and new regulatory expectations. While the original standard has been in use since 2000, recent guidance from the FAA (AC 20-152A) and EASA (AMC 20-152A) has nearly doubled the objectives for modern airborne electronics.
Key developments in the current status of DO-254
- New Working Groups: A major refresh of the standard is underway, led by the new EUROCAE Working Group (WG) 128 and its corresponding RTCA Special Committee (SC) 243. This effort aims to consolidate existing guidance and address the complexities of modern airborne electronic hardware.
- Technology Refresh: The new work aims to ensure that the standard covers modern technologies such as System on a Chip (SoC), Multi-Core Processors (MCP), and new development techniques like Model-Based Development (MBD).
- Clarified Guidance: The FAA and EASA have released new documents, such as AC 20-152A and AMC 20-152A, to provide clarification and additional objectives for DO-254 compliance. These documents bring a more harmonized approach between the two regulatory bodies.
- Focus on Traceability and Verification: There is a strong emphasis on traceability, which involves maintaining clear, verifiable links between requirements, design, and verification activities. The standard also promotes the use of qualified tools to automate processes, improve efficiency, and reduce errors.
The standard is becoming more objective-based and less prescriptive, giving organizations more flexibility in how they achieve compliance.
Become a member by choosing one of the following four options:
- Founding Member (site license with unlimited users): $5,000 plus $2,000 annually
- Corporate Member (site license with unlimited users): $3,000 plus $1,000 annually
- Individual Member: $1,000 plus $200 annually
- Individual Free (Read Only) account with limited capabilities
To join or to request further information, please contact info@do254.info or visit www.do254blog.com
Enjoy the material on this DO-254 society website and thank you for your contributions to making the world’s hardware, and aircraft, safer via DO-254.