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Avionics Certification Wasn't Built to Evaluate Judgment

AI-enabled avionics is exposing a methodology gap in DO-178C assurance that thinner regulatory staffing will only make harder to close.

Abstract image of a fine interconnected network glowing beneath the smooth metallic surface of an aircraft wing, symbolizing hidden assurance infrastructure under autonomous systems.

What Autonomy Actually Has to Prove

Aviation and defense autonomy timelines aren't really comparable, but both depend on the same unglamorous evidentiary layer regulators will demand.