IAR expands embedded development platform with LTS services
IAR has expanded its Embedded Development Platform with new Long-Term Support (LTS) Services aimed at companies building safety-critical systems with long product lifecycles. The move targets industries such as automotive, industrial automation, and medical technology, where software often needs to be maintained and updated for decades after a product enters production.
The announcement highlights a growing challenge in embedded development: maintaining stable and reproducible toolchains over long operational lifetimes. For eeNews Europe readers working on safety-critical designs, the ability to preserve consistent build environments can reduce verification overhead and simplify compliance with functional safety standards.
Ensuring toolchain stability over long lifecycles
The new LTS Services are designed to provide continuity for functional safety toolchains by allowing development teams to maintain stable environments throughout extended maintenance phases. In safety-critical industries, even small changes in compilers or development tools can trigger costly re-verification cycles, making long-term toolchain stability essential.
By preserving consistent workflows and enabling reproducible builds, the service aims to help organizations manage software updates while minimizing disruption across the lifecycle of deployed products.
IAR says the LTS offering is particularly aimed at products with warranty or support commitments that extend 10–20 years or more. Delivered under a dedicated service agreement, the service secures a certified toolchain version for long-term use and includes an extended Maintenance License designed for long product lifetimes.
Customers will also receive validated service packs, structured known-issue reporting, and prioritized technical support. The goal is to help development teams manage lifecycle risk while maintaining stable environments in long-running safety deployments. In some cases, IAR may continue support under a Limited LTS framework, providing technical assistance and issue reporting without introducing additional service packs.
“In safety-critical industries, responsibility doesn’t end at product launch,” said Jakob Ågren, Chief Product Officer at IAR. “Our customers build systems that must remain safe, reliable, and maintainable for many years. With Long-Term Support Services, we’re strengthening our Embedded Development Platform to ensure continuity, not just in tools, but in confidence across the full operational lifecycle of their products, with the ability to offer multi-year support commitments.”
Expanding the embedded development platform
The new services extend IAR’s broader platform strategy, which combines professional toolchains, integrated code analysis capabilities, and licensing models designed to fit modern development workflows.
With the addition of LTS Services, the company is aiming to support not only initial development but also the long-term maintenance phase that follows product deployment — an increasingly important consideration as embedded systems remain in operation for decades.
The LTS offering was introduced as part of IAR’s functional safety portfolio and highlighted at Embedded World 2026, held March 10–12 in Nuremberg, Germany.
Headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, IAR provides software and services for embedded development and supports more than 15,000 devices from over 70 semiconductor partners. The company operates globally and is part of the Qt Group, where it continues to function as an independent business unit focused on embedded systems development.
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