To develop its next-generation flight management systems, CMC sought a new object-oriented, model-based process that would help comply with the DO-178C and ARP 4754A/4761 aviation industry standards.Over the years, CMC has developed a comprehensive range of FMS products, designed to meet the specific needs of different sectors of the aviation market. The benefit of this approach was that each product satisfied a unique set of requirements – but from a systems and software engineering perspective, it takes more time and effort to develop and maintain separate software for each target market.

Energy generation and management, when not optimized, severely damages the results. If costs are not closely controlled or the production is not predicted accurately, profit can be dramatically diminished or even lead to losses. It is therefore mandatory for energy producers to optimize the management to maximize profitability.

Electric energy operators around the world are working to increase the reliability and cyber resiliency of their systems. This includes Enel, a global power company that manages and monitors the Italian power grid. This grid:• Serves 31 million customers• Has a net installed energy capacity exceeding 31 gigawatts• Includes more than 500 power generation plants,including hydroelectric, thermoelectric, and wind• Is managed and monitored by Enel 24/7/365• Is operated by Terna, the Italian Transmission System Operator (TSO)Enel is responsible for the availability of the grid’s underlying ICS and industrial network. It also manages Regional Control Centers and Interconnection Centers which connect with the TSO. The TSO manages the flow of energy to the grid plus controls and remotely regulates the power generation of power plants, increasing and decreasing power production as required. The complex system of interaction and cooperation between Enel and the TSO has strong security implications as well as operational and business challenges.

New Generation Sensors S.r.l. (NGS) is an Italian start-up company established in 2015, spin-off of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA). NGS has strong expertise in the development of advanced wireless systems following the Internet of Things vision. NGS is currently focusing its efforts on the development of smart solution toward the Factory 4.0, continuing the path started with the ENEL Smart Plant order that has permitted the deployment of 100 NGS sensors within the Federico II power plant in Brindisi (Italy). Finally, NGS is working on different scenarios: Smart Agriculture (shown at the Ericsson Innovation Day), Smart City and ITSs (a prototype of the proposed Logistics 4.0 experiment was shown at the 2016 ETSI plugtest in Livorno).