General

• Computer Security in Aviation: Vulnerabilities, Threats, and Risks Peter G. Neumann SRI Computer Science Laboratory
• Fault Protection in a Component-Based Spacecraft Architecture Elwin C. Ong and Nancy G. Leveson MIT

New uses of software

• On space station, droids get a workout Peter N. Spotts Christian Science Monitor
• Anti-hijack software controls planes from the ground T.O. Whenham Mobile Magazine

Software Malfunctions

• Pilots Battle Computer For Control Of 777 The AVweb Editorial Staff AVweb
• B747-400 Electronic flight displays rendered inoperative Peter B. Ladkin The RISKS Digest
• Flight Control System Software Anomalies Peter B. Ladkin The RISKS Digest

Effects of portable electronic devices

• Carnegie Mellon Researchers Find Cell Phones Pose Greater Risk to Airplane Navigation Than Previously Believed Carnegie Mellon University
• Unsafe At Any Airspeed? IEEE
• Portable Electronic Devices: Do they really pose a safey hazard on aircraft The Subcommittee on Aviation U.S. House of Representatives
• Tests show cell phones don't disrupt navigation systems NewsScan The RISKS Digest

Aviation standards

• Airworthiness Directive FAA
• UK Defense software standard Sean Matthews The RISKS Digest
• Summary of safety-critical computers in transport aircraft Peter B. Lankin The RISKS Digest
• SOFTWARE SAFETY NASA TECHNICAL STANDARD NASA