SSI's Development Capabilities
SSI's engineering and design staff, through cross-fertilization of core engineering competencies with domain experience and knowledge, are intimately involved in product research, design, assembly, integration and test.Our domain expertise includes: Radar Systems, Communication Systems, Signals and Electronic Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, Electronic Support Measures, Targeting and Weapons and Tactics.
Our core competencies are:
Systems Engineering and Analysis
- System Requirements Analysis and Allocation
- System and Architecture Concept Development and Design
- Interface Description and Design
- Functional and Performance Analysis
- Analysis, Modeling and Simulation
- Trade Study Development
- Design Synthesis and Verification
- Design Baseline Development and Tracking
- Subsystem/System Integration and Testing
- Ground and Flight Testing
- Product Certification
- High-Speed Signal Conversion Architectures and Implementations
- Multi-Rate Systems and Filterbanks
- Detection and Parameter Estimation Algorithms and Implementations
- Pulse Descriptor Word Formation, Pre-Processing and Processing
- Angle-of-Arrival (AoA) Processing: Phase Interferometers, Digital Beamformers
- Interference Cancellation
- Correlation Processing: Detection, Time-Difference/Phase Difference of Arrival
- Data Correlation and Fusion
- IEEE/EIA 12207.1-1996 Software Life Cycle Processes
- Waterfall, Evolutionary, Incremental, Spiral Development and Methodologies
- Object Oriented Analysis and Design using UML
- CASE and Software Development Tools Operating on SUN Workstations
- Design and Development of Embedded Systems, VME, PC 104, Custom Processors, and Micro-Controlled Boards
- Development and Integration of Embedded Real-Time Systems
- C, C++, Ada Programming
- Real-Time, Multi-Tasking Operating Systems
- VxWorks, Solaris, Windows 2000/NT, Unix, and Lynx Operating Systems
- Complete Digital Design Flows for FPGAs and ASICs
- All Designs VHDL-Based and Fully Verified
- High-Speed (> 300 MHz) and Signal Integrity Intensive Designs
- Schematic Capture and PCB/PWB Design and Layout, 18+ Layers
- Symbol Development and Management
- Fabrication and Assembly Preparation, Support and Kitting
- Board-Level Integration and Test
- Microwave Circuit Design
- High-Speed Analog-to-Digital Converter and Interface Circuitry Integration
- RF PCB/PWB Design
- Custom Enclosure and Chassis Design
- PCB/PWB Mechanical and Packaging Design
- Custom Cooling Design
- Finite Element Analysis
- Custom High-Speed Backplane Design
- Thermal, Vibration and Shock Analysis
- Environmental (Temperature) Chamber and Testing
- 2-D and 3-D CAD
- Integration Plans and Procedures
- System, Subsystem, Ground and Flight Test Planning and Procedure Development
- Test Set Design and Development
- System and Subsystem Integration Verification
- Test Conductance
- Test Plan and Report Documentation
