Aerospace & Defense
MSI uses its analysis capability to help the military and military suppliers to develop:
- advanced non-lethal munitions
- aircraft components including aircraft gas turbines
- wind tunnel facility pumps and compressors
- rocket engine turbopumps
- UAV propulsion system development
Specific Design Analysis & Testing Services:
- Solid Modeling and Design
- Non-linear and Linear Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
- Penetration Analysis using the CTH Hydrocode and LS-Dyna
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Analysis
- Transient Heat Transfer Analysis
- Shock and Vibration Analysis
- Animation File Creation of Deformation, Stress, Failure, and Penetration
- Friction and Wear Experts
- Failure Analysis
- Field and Laboratory Testing Services
- Strain Gage and High Frequency/ High-G Telemetry
MSI is a member of National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA).
Aerospace & Defense Machinery Design & Development:
MSI performs significant machinery design and reliability enhancement projects for the US Military and for Prime Contractors in the following areas:
- Compact Electric Power Generation Design & Development
- Aircraft Test Rig Design, Construction, and Operation
- Predictive/ Prognostic Health Monitoring System Hardware/ Software Development for Test Cell Rotating Machinery
- Turbine Blade Health Monitoring Innovative Sensor Development
- Turbine, Compressor, and Pump Continuous Monitoring System Development and Installation for Operational Problem Diagnosis & Prognosis
- Development & Application of Innovative FOD Sensing in Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine Inlets
- Detailed Vibration Testing and Diagnostic Evaluation of Aeroderivative Gas Turbines in Ground-Based and Marine Applications
- Mechanical Design & Detailed Analysis of the USAF USET Rocket Turbopump
- Development of Software to Perform Semi-Automated Hydro/Aero/Mechanical Design Analysis of Rocket Turbopumps
- Predictive Health Monitoring of Rocket Turbopump Systems
- Robust Stochastic Optimization Computer Program Development for Airfoil Aeroelastic Optimization for NASA
Munitions Design & Development:
MSI utilizes state of the art design and analysis software coupled with testing in MSI labs and nearby firing ranges to develop prototype non-lethal munitions for government and law enforcement clients. Value is achieved by eliminating time consuming and costly trial and error development approaches.
New technologies are developed on behalf of the manufacturer or is developed by MSI and ultimately transitioned to a competent manufacturer. MSI’s experience and advanced software and lab capabilities make it unique among product development and engineering service providers in the nonlethal munitions industry.
Past and Present Munitions Projects
- Less-Than-Lethal Wall Breaching Munitions
- Less-Than-Lethal Door Buster Munitions
- Lightweight Active Armor
- RPG Defense System Design
- Super-Elastic “Smart” Fins
- Fuze Safety Evaluation
- 105mm Cased Telecoped Ammunition Cartridge Seal Analysis