Continuous Testing and Deployment for Urban Air Mobility

Abstract

The Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market is rapidly growing, but UAM manufacturers face a number of significant issues. Among these are development times and cost, complex regulatory requirements, and the need to secure aircraft against cyber threats. Traditional development practices and tools used in the avionics industry are insufficient to meet the needs of UAM developers. The multi-year development lifecycles common in the aviation industry are ill-suited to the fast-paced and competitive UAM market. For UAM manufacturers to succeed in the marketplace, it is necessary to leverage DevOps development practices and hardware virtualization to reduce overall lifecycle costs and, in turn, ensure the ability to meet the customer's vehicle safety and cost requirements.