Mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, and vacuum subsystem engineering for systems built to survive the harshest environments, with the reliability and lifecycle-cost discipline long programs demand.
Aerospace, space and defense hardware are defined by consequence. Systems face extreme thermal cycling, severe shock and vibration, and unforgiving strength-to-weight constraints, as they must perform far outside any environment in which they can be tested continuously. Programs run on long development cycles, where the operational and support cost of a design decision may not surface for years, and where reliability, availability and maintainability are contractual commitments, not aspirations.
Design Engineering
Conceptual Design and Design Support, 3D CAD Models, Detailed 2D Technical Drawings including Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T), Reverse Engineering
Engineering Analysis
Hand calculations, High-Precision Finite Element Meshing (HP-FEM) and Analysis (FEA), Safety Risk Assessment, Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (d-FMEA)
(Sub-) System Engineering
Functional Block Diagrams (FDB) for flow/electrical/optical systems, Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (PI&D), Electrical Diagrams/Schematics, Plant/Work-station Layout.
Change Management
Bill of Materials and Technical Documentation creation and maintenance.
Industrialization
RAMS management, Manufacturing/Service Sequences, Standard Operating Procedures, Diagnostics, Flow Process Charts, Process Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (p-FMEA).
Standardization Work
Design Guidelines creation and maintenance according to latest engineering standards
Value and Cost Engineering
Value and Cost Analysis, Cost Simulation and Optimization.
structural integrity and thermal survival validated for the harshest operational environments, where hardware has to perform far beyond any environment it can be continuously tested in.
stochastic cost models and RAMS analysis that surface the operational and support cost of design decisions at the point they can still be changed, not years after implementation.
in-service support engineering and lessons-learned methods that keep long-program assets performing and maintainable across their full operational life.
Operational cost reduction across development and logistics
An OEM with long, complex development cycles could not see how design decisions would affect manufacturing and service costs, because that impact only surfaced years after implementation, well outside the view of its NPI teams.
Working across development, logistics and suppliers, we ran cross-sector workshops to pin down the main cost drivers, identified overlapping and contradicting design requirements to merge or eliminate, and built an in-house stochastic model that uses design parameters to calculate the cost of existing tools and forecast the cost of new designs.
The model now drives target setting, cost engineering and inventory optimization, giving design teams a cost-driven view at the point of decision rather than years later. Long-cycle defense and aerospace programs are the extreme case of this problem.
Our strength is the engineering-and-operations layer: structural integrity, thermal survival, robust power and infrastructure, and the reliability and cost discipline that long programs depend on.
Mission-critical reliability is delivered under a certified ISO 9001 quality management system, with sensitive program data protected under ISO/IEC 27001 information security controls, and backed by ASME-trained methodologies for structural and pressure safety. That discipline is institutionalised in our Competence Model, built across the full equipment lifecycle from R&D to in-service support, so complex programs gain a partner who already understands where the long-tail costs and reliability risks hide, delivered nearshore from the EU.
We support complex programs from design through in-service. Depending on your needs, we engage as:
Sensitive program data is protected under ISO/IEC 27001 information security controls, under a certified ISO 9001 quality management system, with delivery nearshore from the EU.
Yes. We support complex programs from design through in-service, including RAMS analysis, lifecycle-cost modelling and lessons-learned methods that keep assets maintainable across their full operational life.
Book a 45-minute technical discovery call. Our engineering leads assess your program and return a clear engagement plan, as a Dedicated Team, a Design Engineering & NPI package, or focused Consultancy.
Tell us about your challenge. In a 45-minute technical discovery call, our engineering leads will assess your program and come back with a clear engagement plan.