Flight Software Systems Section (TEC-EDS)

The Flight Software Section (TEC-EDS), led by Marek Prochazka, provides expert project support for flight software (FSW) and related aspects for all ESA missions across all directorates.

• Supporting all ESA projects across all directorates in the areas of flight software and functional engineering

• All phases of FSW development including:

  • independent V&V of critical FSW

  • V&V benches (such as SVF, OBC emulators)

• Supporting software-system related activities

  • HW-SW co-engineering, fault management, end-to-end operations, AIT/AIV activities

• Development and assessment of FSW technologies, methods and tools

• Participation in software and data handling related standardization

• Running Flight Software Lab as a part of the Avionics Lab to support R&D and industrial activities