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# [[Medical software]]: The US [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) has identified the use of static analysis for medical devices.<ref>{{cite web |title = Infusion Pump Software Safety Research at FDA |author = FDA |publisher = Food and Drug Administration |date = 2010-09-08 |url = https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/GeneralHospitalDevicesandSupplies/InfusionPumps/ucm202511.htm |access-date = 2010-09-09 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100901084658/https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/GeneralHospitalDevicesandSupplies/InfusionPumps/ucm202511.htm |archive-date = 2010-09-01 }}</ref>

# Nuclear software: In the UK the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) recommends the use of static analysis on [[reactor protection system]]s.<ref>Computer based safety systems - technical guidance for assessing software aspects of digital computer based protection systems, {{cite web | title = Computer based safety systems | url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/operational/tech_asst_guides/tast046.pdf | archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130104193206/http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/operational/tech_asst_guides/tast046.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 4, 2013 |access-date=May 15, 2013 }}</ref>

# Aviation software (in combination with [[Dynamic program analysis|dynamic analysis]]).<ref>[http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/air_software/cast/cast_papers/media/cast-9.pdf Position Paper CAST-9. Considerations for Evaluating Safety Engineering Approaches to Software Assurance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006134233/http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/air_software/cast/cast_papers/media/cast-9.pdf |date=2013-10-06 }} // FAA, Certification Authorities Software Team (CAST), January, 2002: "Verification. A combination of both static and dynamic analyses should be specified by the applicant/developer and applied to the software."</ref>

# Automotive & Machines (Functionalfunctional safety features form an integral part of each automotive product development phase, [[ISO 26262]], Secsection 8.).

A study in 2012 by VDC Research reported that 28.7% of the embedded software engineers surveyed currently use static analysis tools and 39.7% expect to use them within 2 years.<ref>