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Design (Government)

PDA Engineering has been awarded consecutive government contracts since 2014 with increasing scope in various contract areas. Our solutions for military/rugged environments integrate both commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) items and unique electronic designs.

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  • Requirements definition

  • Electronics and control systems

  • Radar distribution

  • System integration

  • Video distribution

  • Power management

  • Post Delivery Support

System Design
  • Electronics packaging

  • Shock, vibration, structural and thermal/cooling

  • Mechanisms/motion control

  • Automation and robotics

Mechanical Design
  • Microprocessor system design

  • Printed circuit board development, design, and layout

  • Digital/Analog design

  • Electronic design and packaging for extreme conditions, such as shock, vibration, temperature, humidity, and altitude

  • Power supplies/UPS and controls, grounding and shielding

  • Complex cabling

  • EMI/RFI/Tempest

Electrical/Electronic Design
  • Firmware/software to support hardware implementation

  • Diagnostic/test software to support design verification

Software/Firmware Design

The U.S. Navy needed to replace old electronics being used on ship consoles in a foreign military application. PDA Engineering was contracted to help with the upgrade, a project that included integrating a chosen display into the existing console and meeting MIL environment and HMI requirements.

PDA Engineering accomplished this task by:

  • Defining requirements and generating a development plan that included budget and schedule

  • Obtaining necessary drawings for the consoles and display

  • Performing initial design of the mechanical housing and mounting, electrical interconnect and wiring, and select parts

  • Performing analysis of the initial design for thermal/cooling, human machine interface (HMI), and structure to meet shock and vibration requirements

  • Updating design, generated documentation, and built a prototype

  • Integrating prototype into existing consoles and supported functional testing

  • Supporting environmental Design Verification Testing 

  • Updating documentation for production build

After successful testing and integration, PDA Engineering built production units that were installed aboard foreign military ships. A slightly modified design was also developed and installed on U.S. Navy ships.

Read Our Case Study: Replacement Console Electronics
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