Power and propulsion
Combustion engine design, fuel and lubrication systems, and auxiliary power units, including development work funded through SBIR programs.
DesignEngineering
Concept, detailed design, analysis, prototype and test, with the machines to build it in the same building. Our design and engineering covers circuit card assemblies and wire harnesses as well as machined and fabricated metal parts. You get a released data package and a route into production, not a report.
AS9100Rev D
ISO 90012015 Certified
CMMC 2.0Level 2
NIST 800-171Compliant
ITARRegistered
Overview
Ideationthrough launch
Most design work fails at the handoff. A design house produces a beautiful model, a shop quotes it, and the quote comes back at three times the target because nobody asked whether it could be held.
Design, prototype manufacture and test sit under one roof here, which means the questions get asked in the right order. What it costs to make is part of the design decision, not a discovery afterwards.
Wire harness design
Custom harness development for manned and unmanned ground platforms, from a single cable assembly to a fully integrated wiring system built for the space and environment available.
Unmanned systems
Ground and air platform development, where weight, power and volume are all constrained at the same time.
Mechanical assemblies
Complex moving assemblies where tolerance stack, thermal growth and service access all have to be resolved together.
Circuit card design
Schematic capture and board layout, taken through to a fabricated and populated card built to IPC class.
Design for manufacture
Reviewing an existing design against what the shop floor can actually hold, before the tolerances turn into scrap.
Why it matters
Drawn and cutin the same building
The gap between design and manufacture is where schedules go. Closing it is the whole point.
Design and build together
The engineer specifying the part and the machinist cutting it are in the same building. Unbuildable geometry gets caught in the design review, not on the first article.
Prototypes in house
Multi axis machining, fabrication and assembly on site, so an iteration takes days rather than a quoting cycle at an outside shop.
Test on site
Dynamometer and laboratory testing against the requirement, with the design revised on the evidence rather than on opinion.
One accountable team
The same people carry a program from concept through test, so nothing is lost in the handoff between a design house and a manufacturer.
Process
From a problemto a data package
Concept and requirements
What the thing has to do, in what envelope, at what weight, under what conditions. Most program risk is written in or designed out at this stage.
Detailed design
Modeled and drawn to a released standard, with the manufacturing method chosen alongside the geometry rather than after it.
Analysis
Structural, thermal and performance analysis to find where the design fails before anything is cut.
Prototype manufacture
Parts machined and fabricated in house, which keeps the iteration loop short and the cost visible.
Assembly and test
Built up and tested against the requirement, including dynamometer and instrumented testing where the program calls for it.
Transition to production
A released, revision controlled data package and a route into short run or sustained production, rather than a report and a handshake.
Specification
Program parameters
ScopeConcept, detailed design, analysis, prototype manufacture, test and transition to production
DomainsPower and propulsion, vehicle subsystems, unmanned systems, mechanical assemblies, circuit cards
AnalysisStructural, thermal and performance analysis against the requirement
PrototypingMulti axis machining, fabrication and assembly in house
TestDynamometer and instrumented laboratory testing, full prototype to EMD to LRIP to FRP
ProgramsGovernment funded development including SBIR and OTA, plus commercial development
DeliverableReleased and revision controlled data package, not a report
Production routePrototype, short run and sustained production through the same network
Data handlingCMMC 2.0 Level 2 and NIST 800-171 practices for controlled unclassified information
QualityAS9100 and ISO 9001:2015 certified facilities, ITAR registered
Bring us a problem
You do not need a drawing to start. A requirement, an envelope and a target cost is enough for a first conversation with an engineer.