Green Hills developing more flexible TCMS

According to Green Hills, this will simplify maintenance and aid the certification process. The TCMS will use the platform for industrial safety, which incorporates the IEC 61508 SIL3 safety-certified INTEGRITY real time operating system (RTOS) and the MULTI integrated development environment (IDE). Green Hills will also develop and conduct the CENELEC EN 50128 safety certification for a board support package for Bombardier's system. Bombardier is the world's largest supplier of passenger and freight rail transportation systems with over 100,000 vehicles currently in operation. Working together with Green Hills, Bombardier is developing a TCMS which is designed to be more flexible and easier to upgrade than existing systems. This capability is particularly valuable given the long lifecycle of railway rolling stock. Igor Savicic, head of TCMS, Bombardier Transportation, Propulsion & Controls, said: "The ability of the INTEGRITY RTOS to partition safety-critical functions from non-safety-related elements will help to streamline our development process to meet our customers' needs. Working with Green Hills Software to develop the safety platform for the TCMS will simplify safety certification of systems to EN 50128, hastening the rollout of product enhancements and regional variants." Peter Sandberg, TCMS system architect, Bombardier Transportation, Propulsion & Controls, added: "The INTEGRITY RTOS, having been deployed and certified on dozens of safe and secure systems, is the most competent platform on which to develop our next-generation systems and also provides a highly effective route to EN 50128 certification." Bombardier is working closely with Green Hills Software's EMEA Engineering Centre in the Netherlands, which will also develop and certify the board support package.