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Ferrell and Associates Consulting, Inc. offers an extensive list of consulting services related to design assurance and certification or approval planning.  These include:

  • Development of a certification plans and roadmaps for both US and foreign approval authorities

  • Liaison work between applicants and approval authorities to ensure understanding and efficiency in the approval process

  • Advice and engineering support for the evaluation phase of COTS products including development of alternative methods for satisfying regulatory requirements

  • System and software architectural evaluation to ensure designs are verifiable and certifiable to the appropriate rules ands regulations

  • Evaluation of supplier estimates, processes, and progress toward completing development efforts in accordance with appropriate standards and regulations

  • Evaluation of software infrastructure integrity including configuration management procedures, long-term archival strategies, disaster recovery planning and quality systems

  • Software due diligence audits and reviews associated with investment and acquisition opportunities

  • Authoring or review of technical Statements of Work (SOW) and contractual language for safety-related developments by sub-tier suppliers

  • Review and approval of software data items required by DO-178B including, if needed, 8110.3 form submissions to the FAA