Webinar: CI/CD and Continuous Compliance of Embedded Software for Aerospace and Defense

 

Date: September 15, 2026

Today, CI/CD for pure software products is well understood. But hardware dependencies and embedded development complicate the picture. In Aerospace and Defense, software may be only a part number in a physical product, often tied to a particular hardware configuration, approved before release, and costly to change in the field. Yet A&D Programs must deliver on time, while meeting tight requirements for certification, traceability, and supply chain security.

In this webinar, speakers from Qt Group and GitLab will discuss the challenges inherent to building and testing on embedded systems, particularly aerospace and defense, and opportunities to overcome them.

Significant improvements to efficiency, robustness, and reproducibility can be found by using test tools designed specifically for embedded development. Modern tooling provides for integration of target hardware into CI/CD and leverages automation to reduce manual testing, while increasing reliability, auditability, and reproducibility.

Proof is becoming a condition of sale. The EU Cyber Resilience Act starts imposing vulnerability reporting duties on 11 September 2026. It joins established standards such as DO-178C and DO-330, which already govern airborne software and the tools used to verify it.

All of them ask for evidence of how the software was built.

You will learn:

• Why software practices sufficient for pure-software products need adaptation for embedded, hardware-bound development

• How target hardware can be integrated into a CI/CD pipeline

• How to raise quality without adding friction by applying test automation selectively

• What continuous compliance actually requires: standardized, secured, traceable, and auditable build infrastructure

Register for a practical session you can apply to your own embedded development programs.