Certification Authorities Software Team

Not to be confused with Commercial Aviation Safety Team.
Certification Authorities Software Team
AbbreviationCAST
Formation1990
ProductsCAST Position Papers
FieldsCertification of airborne software and hardware
No meetings since 2016.

The Certification Authorities Software Team (CAST) is an international group of aviation certification and regulatory authority representatives. The organization of has been a means of coordination among representatives from certification authorities in North and South America, Europe, and Asia, in particular, the FAA and EASA. The focus of the organization has been harmonization[1][2] of Certification Authorities activities in part though clarification and improvement of the guidance provided by DO-178C and DO-254.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rierson5255 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cary Spitzer; Uma Ferrell; Thomas Ferrell, eds. (2015). Digital Avionics Handbook, Avionics, Development and Implementation (3rd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. pp. 14–18. ISBN 978-1138076983. CAST was formed to promote harmonization of certification and regulatory positions on software and complex hardware aspects of safety.