"Flight-heritage" is one of the most over-claimed phrases in the IP industry. Here's what it means to us, what it doesn't, and what to ask the next vendor that uses the term.
What counts, and what doesn't
Flight heritage is not just "this RTL was synthesised onto a flight FPGA once." Real heritage is end-to-end: a documented chain from RTL to verification artifacts to a specific board, on a specific mission, with a specific telemetry track.