Aerospace Engineering Division

The Aerospace Engineering Division (AED) provides scientific, engineering, technical, and specialist support to customers primarily in Department of Defense organizations. The AED has special capabilities and expertise in a wide variety of fields.

The AED has been working with the USAF Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate (AFRL), and the USAF Flight Test Center (AFFTC) both at Edwards AFB, CA. Spiral Technology, Inc. is the prime contractor on the Advanced Research Engineering Service Contract at the RFPL providing scientific, engineering, and technical assistance. Spiral is a major subcontractor on the Joint Technical (J-Tech) Contract at the AFFTC, providing engineering expertise for electronic warfare.

Spiral Technology supports the following projects and services under this division:

• Electronic Warefare (EW) & Avionics Testing
• Application Analysis
• Emerging Technologies
• Kinetic Energy Weapons (KEW) Support
• Liquid Rocket Engine Technology
• Program Management Support
• Solid Propulsion Technology
• Target and Plume Phenomenology
• Test Support

Aerospace Systems Division

The ASD has been working with NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) as a major subcontractor on the Engineering and Technical Services contract, other NASA centers, the Department of Defense, FAA and commercial organizations. The ASD has special capabilities and expertise in a wide variety of fields.

The ASD provides system engineering services and develops, supports, operates, and maintains a wide variety of range and data handling systems. Spiral Technology supports the following projects and services under this division:

• Advanced Control System Application
• Air Traffic Control Systems
• Aircraft Propulsion and Control Systems
• Airspace Utilization Reporting Systems
• Embedded and Onboard Parallel Processing Systems
• Hardware/Software in the Loop Simulations
• Integrated Flight/Propulsion Control Systems Capabilities
• Mobile and Range Engineering Systems Development
• Performance Modeling and Simulation
• Range Engineering and Systems Development, Planning, Operations and Maintenance
• Realtime Hardware / Software in the Loop Simulations
• Software Systems Integration
• Test Vehicle Instumentation and Calibration
• Transputer Systems
• End-To-End System Analysis, Design, Development, Integration, and Implementation
• Open Telemetry Interactive Setup (OTIS)
• Software Development:
  • Custom TMATS Translators
  • Custom Hardware Monitor and Control Software
• Standards Based Telemetry Support Products
• Telemetry System Integration
• Information Technology Support
• Modeling and Simulation
• Program Control and Management Support
• Range Systems Development, Operations and Maintenance