The story in this issue is as exciting as any mystery thriller - a real nail-biter. Readers who have been on a deadline-driven, safety-critical project will definitely identify with the dilemma described here. I'm especially happy to see this publication because Dale Gaumer was my boss early in my career, when we both worked on AFATDS, the largest Ada project in the world at that time. Talk about a high-pressure environment! © 2013 IEEE.