Aviation has never been more advanced—or more demanding. The industry is moving toward increasingly sophisticated digital cockpits, automation, and mission-critical systems, all of which must operate flawlessly under extreme conditions. Safety isn’t just an expectation; it’s an uncompromising necessity.
With aircraft systems becoming more intricate, regulatory bodies set higher safety and certification benchmarks to ensure absolute reliability. From commercial aviation to defense and unmanned systems, the ability to consistently meet and exceed these standards is what separates industry leaders from the rest. The challenge lies not just in compliance but in developing solutions that are flexible, scalable, and seamlessly integrated across diverse avionics environments.
This is where DiSTI’s GL Studio® Safety-Critical (SC) Avionics makes a difference. As the global leader in human-machine interface HMI development tools, The DiSTI Corporation has purpose-built this solution for aerospace and defense, ensuring it goes beyond compliance to deliver top-tier safety, unmatched flexibility, and proven reliability. Designed to meet the most stringent DO-178C DAL A and DO-330 TQL-1 certification requirements, it enables faster development, easier certification, and seamless integration across multiple platforms—without compromising performance. In a rapidly advancing aviation landscape, GL Studio SC leads the way in safety-critical avionics development.
How GL Studio® SC Sets A New Standard For Safety-Critical Avionics
Safety-critical avionics systems continuously evolve to enhance reliability, efficiency, and situational awareness. As modern aircraft demand higher levels of automation, real-time data processing, and integrated modular avionics, the industry is shifting towards solutions that enhance performance and safety. Additionally, the integration of next-generation HMIs, cybersecurity enhancements, and predictive maintenance solutions is redefining operational efficiency. These advancements pave the way for more thoughtful, more resilient avionics systems, ensuring they can meet the demands of today’s complex aviation environments.
Meeting The Highest Standards In Safety-Critical Systems
Amidst these technological advancements, DiSTI’s GL Studio Safety-Critical (SC) sets the benchmark in avionics development by delivering top-tier safety compliance, unmatched flexibility, and proven reliability. Designed to meet the highest industry standards, it ensures seamless certification processes, effortless integration across diverse platforms, and dependable performance in real-world safety-critical applications.
Further strengthening its position in the industry, GL Studio SC seamlessly incorporates ARINC 661 deployment capabilities. This ensures strict adherence to multiple safety standards within a segmented, certifiable environment, making it an ideal choice for critical avionics applications that demand the highest levels of safety and performance.
Core Offerings Of GL Studio SC
To support safety-critical avionics development, GL Studio SC provides a comprehensive suite of tools and components, including:
- SC Design/Development Tool – A powerful and flexible interface development tool for mission-critical avionics.
- SC Code Generator – Optimized code generation, ensuring efficiency and compliance.
- SC Runtime Library – A lightweight, high-performance runtime designed for safety-critical applications.
- Certification Artifacts – Essential documentation and support to streamline regulatory approvals.
- SC GUI Pack Built-In – Pre-certified components that accelerate development while ensuring compliance.
- Expert SC Support – Industry-leading guidance from seasoned safety-critical system experts.
By combining certification-ready architecture, robust performance, and adherence to industry standards, GL Studio SC continues to push the boundaries of safety-critical avionics. Its ability to deliver highly reliable and seamlessly integrated solutions makes it a trusted choice for modern cockpit displays, mission systems, and beyond.
Advanced HMI Development For Safety-Critical Avionics
Safety is paramount in mission-critical industries, and GL Studio® leads the way in HMI development for avionics applications. Purpose-built to meet the highest safety standards, it delivers unmatched flexibility, efficiency, and compliance in environments where reliability is non-negotiable.
In the avionics sector, GL Studio® empowers aerospace developers with advanced UX/UI design and a streamlined HMI workflow, enabling rapid iteration and seamless deployment to target environments. With an intuitive toolchain, it simplifies complex interface designs while ensuring certification readiness, allowing teams to focus on innovation rather than coding challenges.
Trusted by global aviation leaders, GL Studio® is designed for DO-178C compliance up to DAL A, making it the go-to solution for safety-critical avionics applications. Powering aircraft and spacecraft worldwide, it seamlessly integrates with secure real-time operating systems, high-performance processors, and optimized graphics drivers—ensuring a future-proof solution that enhances safety, efficiency, and innovation in modern cockpit displays.
Beyond compliance, GL Studio® transforms HMI development with real-time creation of interactive 2D and 3D geometry. Its powerful What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) environment eliminates the need for low-level graphical coding, enabling developers to create sophisticated, high-fidelity HMIs with incredible speed and precision. The intuitive toolset for drawing, grouping, ordering, and texturing further streamlines development, reducing time-to-market without compromising quality.
By combining certification-ready development, real-time performance, and industry-leading flexibility, GL Studio® remains the premier choice for safety-critical avionics HMI solutions—ensuring next-generation cockpit interfaces meet the highest standards of safety, reliability, and performance.
Scalable, Customizable, And Hardware-Agnostic Architecture
In safety-critical avionics, compliance alone isn’t enough—flexibility and scalability are equally crucial. Engineers and developers require a solution that evolves with their needs, integrates effortlessly into existing workflows, and upholds the highest safety standards. GL Studio® SC meets these demands, offering an open, customizable, and hardware-agnostic development environment that ensures seamless performance across diverse avionics systems.
Open Architecture For Developers: Designed For Innovation
No two avionics systems are the same, which is why GL Studio® SC is built with an open, extendable architecture that puts control back in the hands of developers. Whether it’s custom importers, exporters, behaviors, or tool tray widgets, engineers have the flexibility to fine-tune their applications to meet the unique requirements of their projects.
To accelerate UI/UX development, GL Studio® SC includes a comprehensive set of customizable UI widgets. These widgets allow for seamless modification of look, feel, and behavior, enabling rapid prototyping and implementation—all without the need to alter the certified runtime library. This means faster development cycles while maintaining safety compliance at every stage.
Seamless Integration With Industry-Leading RTOS Platforms
Avionics applications require absolute reliability, starting with a development tool that integrates effortlessly with real-time operating systems (RTOS). GL Studio® SC is RTOS-agnostic, offering seamless compatibility with some of the most trusted platforms in the industry, including:
- Wind River VxWorks
- SYSGO PikeOS
- DC-I’s DeOS
- Green Hills INTEGRITY
This level of compatibility ensures that no matter the project requirements, developers can integrate GL Studio® SC without disruptions, maintaining smooth performance across multiple embedded environments.
Built For Versatility: Supporting Over 80 Hardware Systems
Hardware constraints should never limit innovation. That’s why GL Studio® SC is engineered for maximum adaptability, supporting over 80 hardware systems from leading manufacturers such as:
- AMD
- NXP
- Intel
- TeleChips
- Texas Instruments
With this broad hardware compatibility, engineers can confidently develop and deploy GL Studio® SC-powered avionics solutions across different platforms without compatibility concerns. This ensures long-term scalability and adaptability, making GL Studio® SC a future-proof choice for mission-critical applications.
Empowering Developers With Scalability And Reliability
With GL Studio® SC, developers don’t just get a tool—they get a flexible, scalable, and future-ready platform that evolves alongside their safety-critical avionics needs. By providing a customizable development environment, seamless RTOS and hardware integration, and a robust certification-ready framework, GL Studio® SC enables aviation leaders to build the next generation of high-performance avionics HMIs—all while ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency at every step.
A Comprehensive Solution For The Entire Development Lifecycle
In safety-critical avionics, maintaining consistency throughout the development lifecycle is crucial. From initial prototyping to final deployment, engineers need a solution that not only simplifies development but also ensures seamless integration across various applications. GL Studio® SC is purpose-built to support every phase of avionics HMI development, delivering a unified, streamlined, and certification-ready approach.
With GL Studio® SC, developers can work within a single, cohesive environment, eliminating the inefficiencies that come with juggling multiple tools. This all-in-one solution helps:
- Reduce complexity by providing a consistent framework from design to deployment
- Streamline development workflows, minimizing the risk of inconsistencies
- Ensure uniformity across different avionics applications without compromising compliance
By leveraging GL Studio® SC, aerospace teams can accelerate development while maintaining the highest safety and certification standards. Whether refining early-stage prototypes or deploying mission-critical HMIs, GL Studio® SC ensures efficiency, reliability, and performance at every step.
Conclusion
As aviation technology continues to advance, the demand for safety, reliability, and efficiency in development has never been greater. Navigating these complexities requires a solution that not only meets industry standards but also streamlines processes, enhances consistency, and reduces development challenges.
GL Studio® SC provides precisely that—a comprehensive, scalable, and future-ready platform that empowers organizations to build high-performance solutions with confidence. By simplifying the entire development lifecycle, it enables teams to focus on innovation without compromising safety or efficiency.
For those looking to enhance their safety-critical avionics development, DiSTI Corporation offers more information through [email protected]. Visit the GL Studio page to discover more about DiSTI’s safety-critical expertise and the cutting-edge HMI software developed by the company.
