Case Study: AEL Sistemas achieves 80% productivity gain and 85% code coverage with Vector Software's VectorCAST

AEL Sistemas Increased Productivity by 80% using VectorCAST Automated Solutions

AEL Sistemas, a Brazilian avionics and defense electronics firm, faced tight schedules and strict software-development guidelines while using an unstable, hard-to-use code-coverage tool. Their prior process required custom UDP file-system work, segmented instrumentation of the target software, repeated manual loading and aggregation of coverage data, and fragile workflows that increased test effort and risk.

After a two-month trial AEL adopted VectorCAST, using it to instrument over 250 files (800 functions, 20,000 LOC); a single engineer achieved 85% coverage in 150 hours. VectorCAST simplified deployment, allowed whole-partition instrumentation and buffered target execution (no host required), boosted productivity by 80%, reduced man-hours and lab setup time, and accelerated completion of final development phases.

AEL Sistemas

Mauricio Ribeiro Barbieri

Software Engineer Manager, AEL Sistemas