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Wisk to benefit from Verocel’s expertise in software verification and validation after announcing acquisition of business

Wisk has acquired Vero­cel Inc., a soft­ware ver­i­fi­ca­tion and val­i­da­tion (V&V) com­pa­ny.

In a press announce­ment which was released yes­ter­day (Tues­day), Wisk said Verocel’s unique exper­tise in sup­port­ing the cer­ti­fi­ca­tion of high-integri­ty aero­space soft­ware and the qual­i­fi­ca­tion of V&V tools will play a key role in the com­pa­ny’s ongo­ing effort to cer­ti­fy its Gen­er­a­tion 6 autonomous, elec­tric air taxi.

Addi­tion­al­ly, more than 50 high­ly spe­cial­ized soft­ware engi­neers based in West­ford Mass­a­chu­setts and Poz­nan, Poland, will join Wisk through this acqui­si­tion. Vero­cel will con­tin­ue to deliv­er against cus­tomer com­mit­ments in addi­tion to ramp­ing up on the Wisk Gen­er­a­tion 6 cer­ti­fi­ca­tion pro­gram.

Bri­an Yutko, Wisk CEO, said: “High-integri­ty soft­ware devel­op­ment is crit­i­cal for our mis­sion to cer­ti­fy an autonomous, elec­tric air­craft with V&V being a sig­nif­i­cant por­tion of the total soft­ware cer­ti­fi­ca­tion effort.

“Verocel’s spe­cial­ized and tal­ent­ed team will bring with them deep expe­ri­ence and rig­or, help­ing to accel­er­ate our autonomous cer­ti­fi­ca­tion project that is already well under­way. We are thrilled to have this tal­ent­ed team join Wisk!”

Vero­cel was found­ed in 1999 and has a proven his­to­ry with over 160 projects for 25+ cus­tomers includ­ing pre­vi­ous work with The Boe­ing Com­pa­ny.

The team has deep exper­tise in DO-178C and are mem­bers of indus­try stan­dards com­mit­tees for high-integri­ty soft­ware includ­ing RTCA/Special Com­mit­tee, EUROCAE Work­ing Group, and the FAA’s Over­ar­ch­ing Prop­er­ties Work­ing Group.

Addi­tion­al­ly, the qual­i­fied Vero­cel toolset – Vero­Trace – pro­vides a base­line for soft­ware cer­ti­fi­ca­tion require­ments def­i­n­i­tion, track­ing, and FAA sub­mit­tals. This spe­cial­ty exper­tise cre­ates an endur­ing capa­bil­i­ty at Wisk that sup­ports both the cer­ti­fi­ca­tion of the Gen­er­a­tion 6 air­craft as well as future soft­ware devel­op­ments at The Boe­ing Com­pa­ny.

Jim Che­li­ni, Pres­i­dent of Vero­cel, said: “Wisk is a per­fect align­ment for Vero­cel, both in the long and short term. Not only is this a chance to direct­ly apply our exper­tise to the cer­ti­fi­ca­tion of a ground­break­ing tech­nol­o­gy, but this is also an incred­i­ble oppor­tu­ni­ty for Vero­cel tal­ent to excel with­in Wisk and the broad­er Boe­ing ecosys­tem long term.”

In addi­tion to soft­ware devel­op­ment and V&V ser­vices, Vero­cel also devel­ops and pro­duces the safe­ty com­put­ers for the Wide Area Aug­men­ta­tion Sys­tem (WAAS), an air nav­i­ga­tion sys­tem that enhances GPS accu­ra­cy and integri­ty to enable air­craft to safe­ly nav­i­gate all over the world today.

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Jason Pritchard

Jason Pritchard is the Editor of eVTOL Insights. He holds a BA from Leicester's De Montfort University and has worked in Journalism and Public Relations for more than a decade. Outside of work, Jason enjoys playing and watching football and golf. He also has a keen interest in Ancient Egypt.

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