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The average life cycle of an aircraft, from purchase to retirement, is between 20 and 36 years, depending on the model. (1) During operational years, an aircraft usually goes through multiple upgrades and improvements of operational capabilities, from changes to the aircraft's navigation, radar, diagnostics, communications, and controls. As a result, there is a constant demand for software engineers, with thousands of job openings among civil and military contractors. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects the software engineers demand to grow by 21% from 2018-2028. (2)

The Oliver Wyman study Global Fleet & MRO Market Forecast Commentary 2019-2029 anticipates that the global fleet will reach a record-breaking 39,175 aircraft in the next decade. (3) A lot of these aircraft would have been in service long before engineers completed their education. One of the biggest challenges of the new workforce is the ability to work using the workflows and skills they acquired in school while reusing existing software. Most of the time this is due to the fact that the legacy code is written in dated languages.

Crossing this chasm requires the subtle evolution the operating systems, programming language support and engineering methodologies, reusing existing IP and developing new application compatible with the existing systems.

New technologies and modern approaches are taking hold to increase developer productivity while maintaining the rigid requirements of devices and systems that must deliver determinism, high performance, and ultra-reliability.

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What is driving the changes in software development
Why do you need to deploy capabilities faster
What are the 3 keys to a modern RTOS
How to ensure continuity with new development teams

Sources:
1. http://www.boeing.com/assets/pdf/commercial/aircraft_economic_life_whitepaper.pdf
2. https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2013/article/occupational-employment-projections-to-2022.htm
3. https://www.oliverwyman.com/our-expertise/insights/2019/jan/global-fleet-mro-market-forecast-commentary-2019-2029.html

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Michel Chabroux
Senior Director Product Management
Michel Chabroux is responsible for the strategy and management of the Edge Devices portfolio at Wind River, which includes the VxWorks and Wind River Helix™ Virtualization Platform product lines. Prior to working in product management, he was a field application engineer. Michel has also spent time in Wind River’s award-winning support, training, and services organization. He joined Wind River in 2006. He is an industry veteran with more than 15 years of embedded systems experience. Before being involved in embedded, Michel was a consultant in management information systems.
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Moderator: Woodrow Bellamy III
Editor-in-Chief, Avionics International and Assistant Program Manager, Global Connected Aircraft Summit
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