Welcome to Defense Engineering Corporation!

DEC delivers high quality research, development, test and evaluation services to the Department of Defense and industry partners. Specializing in sensors, communication and electronic warfare, DEC is developing the long range kill chain technologies needed to meet emerging warfighting requirements. DEC is committed to patriotism, excellence, and efficiently delivery of war-winning capabilities to those who stand in harm’s way as they protect the United States and our allies.

Working to solve difficult challenges in the electromagnetic spectrum arena? Contact Defense Engineering Corporation today. We specialize in building innovative prototype sensor systems and components, including antennas, optics, and signal processing. Applications include Global Integrated Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (GIISR), attritable umannned aircraft, communications and electronic warfare (EW). Let’s work together to leverage and dominate the spectrum!

STRENGTHENING NATIONAL DEFENSE ACROSS KEY AREAS

Advanced Framework for Simulation, Integration, and Modeling (AFSIM) Expertise

DEC uses AFSIM to analyze, design, and optimize complex defense systems and missions. AFSIM expertise ensures DEC customers benefit from cutting-edge simulation capabilities tailored to meet Department of Defense (DoD) mission-critical needs.

• Mission Simulation and Analysis: DEC uses AFSIM to simulate operational scenarios, enabling detailed analysis of mission effectiveness, system performance, and multi-domain operations. This allows realistic, comprehensive, data-driven evaluation of system and mission tradeoffs.
• DoD Sensors and Systems Focus: DEC creates, or leverages, existing AFSIM scenarios that accurately reflect relevant, real-world operational challenges and provide actionable insights to improve performance and mission readiness. Thus accelerating delivery of new sensing and sense making capabilities to the Warfighter.
• Integration with MBSE Workflows: DEC seamlessly integrates AFSIM with MBSE methodologies and SysML models, enabling end-to-end workflows that connect mission simulations to system design. This integration ensures traceability and alignment between operational requirements and engineering solutions.
• Design of Experiments (DoE): DEC uses AFSIM for design of experiments, perturbing critical system and mission parameters to explore tradespaces and identify optimal solutions. This enhances DoD leadership decision-making by providing data-driven system design insights.
• Interfacing with Advanced Tools: DEC interfaces AFSIM with Cameo Models, MATLAB, and Python for advanced analytics and optimization. This capability extends the power of AFSIM by incorporating additional layers of analysis and system evaluation.

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ANTENNA DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND TESTING

DEC leads in antenna design, fabrication, and testing, creating high-performance antennas for communication, radar, and sensing applications. Through precise design and rigorous testing, DEC delivers reliable solutions for the demanding needs of defense and civilian systems.

• Design: DEC engineers use the latest commercial full-wave design suites to model, optimize, and simulate antennas demanding complicated requirements. DEC focuses on manufacturability during the design stage to ensure a realizable antenna with confidence in simulated to measured results.
• Fabrication: DEC is proficient in PCB manufacturing processes, CNC, and additive manufacturing with various materials such as metal, composites, and advanced substrates. DEC extensively leverages 3D printing to fabricate complicated antenna design structures, especially for conformal applications where unique SWAP and system performance advantages are realized.
• Testing: DEC rigorously tests the fabricated antenna to ensure it meets performance standards. This includes measuring performance parameters like gain, radiation patterns, and impedance in controlled and outdoor environments (e.g., anechoic chambers) to verify real-world functionality.

This comprehensive process ensures that antennas operate effectively for their intended applications, whether in communications, radar systems, or space technologies.

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CUSTOM PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCBs)

DEC designs Custom PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) tailored to meet specific requirements for advanced electronic devices and systems. PCB design directly impacts the performance and reliability of a circuit.

Custom PCBs are essential in creating efficient, reliable, and space-optimized electronics. Mixed-signal and high-speed digital PCBs require advanced design knowledge and techniques for successful implementation.

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION LEADERSHIP

DEC developed the Digital Transformation Toolkit (DT2K), which incorporates AFSIM as a core component of mission simulation and tradespace analysis. Through DT2K, DEC provides a structured framework for integrating AFSIM into broader digital engineering workflows, enabling DoD organizations to model, simulate, and optimize systems with unparalleled precision and efficiency.

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EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

DEC specializes in the design and implementation of embedded systems, these purpose-built solutions utilize technologies such as Embedded Linux, FPGAs, and microcontrollers to achieve desired form-factor and function.

• Embedded software performs low-level interactions with system hardware and can take the form of bare-metal code or Linux drivers and application code.
• Custom FPGA firmware allows for hardware acceleration of processing and control tasks critical to the function of high-performance embedded systems.

Embedded software and firmware produce reliable, high-performance systems meeting the needs of real-time processing tasks.

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 EO/IR/RF and multispectral sensor development

DEC develops EO/IR/RF advanced Electro-Optical, Infrared, and Radio Frequency and multispectral technologies such as long range skills for defense, surveillance and communication.

• EO/IR uses cameras, lasers and lidar for imaging and targeting.
• RF deals with radio waves for communication, radar, and signal processing, often from distributed platforms where transmitters and receivers are not co-located.

Multispectral sensing combines these modalities, often from distributed platforms, for applications in surveillance, targeting, remote sensing, and electronic warfare.

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MODEL-BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (MBSE)

DEC specializes in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), leveraging extensive experience in modeling sensors and systems to deliver advanced solutions to complex defense challenges. Our capabilities utilize Object-Oriented Systems Engineering Methodology (OOSEM) to perform sophisticated SysML modeling through the expert use of tools like Cameo Systems Modeler, ensuring comprehensive and mission-focused engineering outcomes.

• Sensors and Systems Modeling: DEC provides detailed and accurate models that address critical operational and system requirements, enabling optimized design and performance.
• SysML Modeling: DEC creates detailed system models using SysML, ensuring traceability to user requirements, architecture, behavior, and test cases for seamless system development, testing and transition. DEC believes delivering innovative technologies with the MBSE artifacts used in the DoD acquisition community dramatically enhances transition potential.
• OOSEM: DEC applies OOSEM to enhance system understanding and refine designs, addressing potential challenges early in the engineering lifecycle.
• Cameo: Proficiency with Cameo modeling applications enables DEC to create intuitive, navigable models and facilitate integration with advanced weapon system simulations used by the DoD test, acquisition and requirements communities.
• Interfacing with External Applications: DEC specializes in linking MBSE models built in Cameo with external applications like AFSIM and physics-based models developed using languages like MATLAB and Python, enabling cross-functional collaboration, real-world simulation, and informed decision-making to increase transition potential.

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MULTI-FUNCTION RF

DEC develops advanced Multi-Function RF systems by combining broadband planar and conformal antennas with state-of-the-art beamforming technologies coupling to re-configurable digital and analog back ends. TeamDEC as a leader in integrated RF technology with expertise in every aspect of system design including analog, signal processing, software, and mechanical integration. These systems have multiple RF functions, such as:

• Communication: Transmitting and receiving signals over radio waves.
• Radar: Detecting and tracking objects.
• Electronic Warfare (EW): Jamming or intercepting enemy signals.
• Signal Intelligence (SIGINT): Gathering intelligence from electronic signals.

Multi-Function RF improves combat efficiency, reduces the need for multiple devices, and enhances operational capabilities across military, aerospace, and space based platforms. DEC specializes in demonstrating these solutions through rapid prototype manufacturing expertise.

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 RADIO FREQUENCY SYSTEM ON CHIP (RFSoC)

DEC has extensive experience working with Xilinx’s line of RF System-on-Chip (RFSoC) devices and has utilized them to produce cutting-edge designs since they were first introduced. These RFSoC technology combines multiple ARM processors, Ultrascale+ generation FPGA fabric, and high-performance ADCs and DACs into a single die.

• Reduces PCB design footprint and power consumption when compared to traditional multi-chip solutions of similar specifications.
• High Bandwidth: Supports multi-Gigasample rates, making it ideal for applications like 5G networks, radar, and satellite communications.
• Integrated RF mixing with deterministic real-time tuning for frequency hopping operations, such as Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) communications.

RFSoC enables compact, efficient, and powerful RF systems, making it a crucial technology for modern wireless communications, advanced radar systems, and electronic warfare applications.

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SIGNAL PROCESSING

DEC applies Signal Processing to analyze, modify, and interpret signals—such as sound, images, or data streams—to extract valuable information and enhance signal quality. This capability supports applications in communications, radar, audio, and image processing, making it essential for effective defense and surveillance solutions.

Signal processing is essential for improving data transmission, enhancing image or audio quality, and analyzing complex signals for insights in areas like communications, EW and radar systems.

Key tasks in signal processing include:

• Filtering, Modulation, Compression, and Detection and Recognition.

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