Aerospace Engineering Design

We design primary and secondary structural modifications for fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft across extreme military flight envelopes:

• Airframe Modifications: Internal mission equipment racks, antenna installations, sensor pod mounts, floor reinforcement schemes, and aerodynamic fairings.
• Finite Element Analysis (FEA): High-fidelity linear and non-linear computational modeling to determine stress concentrations, load paths, margin of safety calculations, and buckling stability.
• Classical Analytical Calculations: Hand-calculation stress packages referencing authoritative engineering references (Bruhn, Niu, Roark, ESDU) to cross-verify computational FEA results.
• Fatigue & Damage Tolerance Analysis (DTA): Assessing structural fatigue life, crack initiation thresholds, and inspection intervals under spectrum loading.

Aeronautical mechanisms must perform flawlessly under intense vibration, extreme operational temperatures (-54°C to +71°C), and hostile environmental exposure:

• Kinematic & Mechanism Design: High-stiffness spring counterbalances, door actuation aids, deployment linkages, latching mechanisms, and emergency jettison releases.
• Role Equipment & Ground Support Equipment (GSE): Specialized maintenance fixtures, engine transportation dollies, lifting slings, and installation tooling (such as our patented Slide Spanner tool).
• 3D Motion & Tolerance Simulation: Dynamic clearance envelopes, interference checking across airframe deflection limits, and differential thermal expansion analysis.

When operational aircraft suffer in-service damage — including bird strikes, lightning strikes, ground-handling collisions, or structural corrosion:

• Rapid Concession Engineering: Immediate engineering evaluation when damage exceeds structural repair manual (SRM) limits.
• Permanent & Temporary Repairs: Design and certification of flush doubler repairs, blend-out limits, composite patch repairs, and structural member replacements.
• Technical Records: Authoring formal Engineering Technical Records (ETRs) and Compliance Substantiation Reports (CSRs) to return aircraft to flight line service safely.

Occupant survivability and aircrew ergonomics are central to AMCE's engineering ethos:

• Occupant Crash Restraint: Structural analysis of troop seating, crew stations, and harness attachments to 9g forward, 3g upward, 1.5g lateral, and 6g downward crash load factors.
• Cargo Restraint & Stowage: Certified tie-down configurations, cargo net restraint attachments, life raft stowage containers, and pyrotechnic storage housings.
• Maintainability Ergonomics: Components engineered for operation with flight gloves and maintenance using standard flight-line hand tools.
• Flammability Compliance: Full material qualification ensuring all cabin materials meet strictly FAR 25.853 / CS 25.853 flammability, smoke, and toxicity standards.