DO-178C evidence should not be rebuilt from scratch at every review.
Continuous traceability. Continuous evidence. No reconstruction sprint.
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Evidence reconstructed under pressure is the leading cause of certification delays and audit findings.
Typical DO-178C certification delay when evidence packages are built under pre-review pressure instead of maintained continuously throughout development.
CMMC Level 2 practices, each requiring objective evidence of implementation reviewable by a Certified Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO).
Reduction in audit preparation time when evidence is generated by workflow automation rather than reconstructed manually. Source: X-DLM™ benchmarks.
System of record. Polarion links requirements, architecture, code, test, vulnerability, SBOM, and release evidence in one traceable thread.
The certification reviewer does not care how hard your team worked. They review the evidence package.
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DO-178C traceability — maintained, not reconstructed
Polarion links requirements through design, code, static analysis, test cases, test results, and release documentation. The traceability matrix is a byproduct of normal engineering activity — not a pre-review construction project.
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CMMC evidence across all 110 practices
X-DLM™ routes CMMC-relevant activities through Polarion workflows with ownership, timestamps, approval chains, and audit trails. Practice evidence is generated as work is done — reviewable on demand, not assembled on deadline.
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SBOM as a living compliance artifact
Black Duck generates SPDX and CycloneDX SBOMs from source, binaries, containers, and firmware — version-controlled, linked to every vulnerability decision in Polarion, and available for contracting officer delivery within the same workflow.
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IEC 62443 and NIST SSDF alignment
Polarion templates and X-DLM™ workflow automation map to IEC 62443 security lifecycle requirements and NIST SSDF practice families — a single operational backbone for multiple regulatory overlaps.
See how Siemens Polarion and Black Duck become one governed software risk workflow.
X-DLM™ turns Black Duck software supply chain intelligence into Siemens Polarion work items, requirements links, approvals, escalation paths, and continuously maintained evidence.
Brand authority buyers recognize
Backed by Siemens lifecycle governance and Black Duck AppSec intelligence.
Siemens Polarion ALM
Polarion provides the lifecycle system of record for requirements, tests, approvals, traceability, workflow automation, audit evidence, and regulated software delivery.
Black Duck Software Composition Analysis
Black Duck identifies open source and third-party components across source, binaries, containers, firmware, snippets, AI-generated code, and C/C++ environments without package managers.
Aerospace and defense companies answer to more than one framework.
CMMC 2.0 is the floor, not the ceiling. DO-178C, NIST SSDF, ITAR/EAR, and IEC 62443 run simultaneously — each with its own evidence requirements, its own audit path, and its own consequence for non-conformity.
View CMMC, DO-178C & All Regulations →Stop rebuilding the evidence package.
Start maintaining it.
See how X-DLM™ integrates Siemens Polarion and Black Duck to produce continuous DO-178C traceability evidence, CMMC practice documentation, SBOM compliance artifacts, and IEC 62443 workflow alignment — without a pre-audit reconstruction sprint.