ELISA Project Seminar Series focuses on hot topics related to ELISA’s mission to define and maintain a common set of elements, processes and tools that can be incorporated into Linux-based, safety-critical systems amenable to safety certification. Speakers are members, contributors and thought leaders from the ELISA Project and surrounding communities. Each seminar comprises a 45-minute presentation and a 15-minute Q&A, and it’s free to attend.
Title: AvioNix: Infrastructure as Code for Linux in Avionics
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 7:00-8:00 Pacific / 14:00-15:00 UTC / 16:00 – 17:00 CET
Speaker: Wanja Zaeske, Research Scientist, German Aerospace Center; Erin Vanderveen, Sr. Specialist Functional Engineer, Tweag by Modus Create
How to Attend: Register here in advance to attend for free. And please add the webinar joining details to your calendar from the confirmation email you will receive upon registering
Description:
Efforts to bring Linux into safety-critical applications in the aviation domain must tackle the problem of pluralistic software release and distribution methods. The diversity of open source, compared to COTS walled-garden safety-critical operating systems, brings unique challenges, such as avoiding lengthy “getting started” sections, resolving “works on my machine” issues for users, and maintaining robust SBOM tracking.
Nix promises to solve these issues. This seminar provides a brief overview of Nix as technology, NixOS as a Linux distribution based on it, and the practical use of ELISA Aerospace-WG’s AvioNix demonstrator.
