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Rapita Systems
Rapita Systems is a spin off company from the Department of Computer Science at the University of York. It was founded in 2004 by Dr Guillem Bernat and Dr Rob Davis built on research carried out by the Real-Time Systems Group, one of the Department's research groups.
While meeting with industrial partners, the idea arose that the research could be turned into a successful product. This proved to be correct, with Rapita growing over the years to become an international leader in software verification tools and services.
Some of the world’s best-known aerospace, defense and automotive companies use the Rapita Verification Suite to verify their high-criticality systems according to DO-178 and ISO 26262 guidance.
In 2016 Rapita was acquired by Danlaw, Inc., a global connected vehicle, automotive electronics and embedded engineering enterprise.
Rapita continues to retain strong links with the University of York. A large proportion of UK-based technical staff are former students or staff, and Rapita continues to actively recruit high-quality candidates from the Department of Computer Science.
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For further information about the company, take a look at Rapita Systems website.
Case Study
BAE Systems asked Rapita Systems to identify opportunities for worst-case execution time reduction in state-of-the-art software which powers one of BAE’s most famous planes and one of the world’s most successful advanced training aircraft Hawk (pictured above).