Aeronautica LLC

Strength in design. Safety in flight.

Website

About the firm

Aeronautica is an aerospace structures engineering specialist headquartered in Easley, South Carolina, specializing in structural analysis, fatigue and damage tolerance, FAA certification, and training for civil and military aircraft. It offers engineering services covering external and internal loads development, structural design, static strength substantiation, composites analysis, and fatigue and damage tolerance evaluations under FAR Parts 23, 25, 26, 27, and 29. Aeronautica holds FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER) delegations for Structures and Damage Tolerance across all major aircraft categories and provides both individual certification approvals and Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) product services. The team also offers proprietary engineering analysis tools including ASPEC Loadsgen for flight-by-flight spectrum development, and delivers advanced structural analysis training courses for practicing engineers.

Firm type
Aerospace Engineering · Aviation Engineering

Credentials

FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER) - Structures and Damage Tolerance (Parts 23, 25, 26, 27, 29)

People

James BurdPresident

Capabilities

Aerospace Structural Engineering

Service website

Structural analysis and design services for civil and military aircraft programs, covering loads development, static strength substantiation, composites analysis, and structural design.

  • External and Internal Loads Development

    Development of external aerodynamic and inertial loads, internal airframe loads, and panel allowable loads using commercial and proprietary analysis tools.

  • Structural Design

    Design of primary and secondary aircraft structures, details, assemblies, and custom interiors using computer-aided design software.

  • Static Strength Analysis

    Stress analysis and structural substantiation using industry classical methods and finite element analysis for primary and secondary aircraft structures.

  • Composites Analysis

    Analysis of composite primary and secondary structures, including ply-level and laminate-level static analysis, damage tolerance evaluation, and testing plan development.

  • Fatigue and Damage Tolerance

    Fatigue, damage tolerance, durability, safe life, and aging aircraft fleet evaluations under military standards and civil aviation regulations.

FAA Certification Services

Service website

FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER) services covering structural design, stress, and damage tolerance for civil and military aircraft certification.

  • DER Support

    Assists with certification plan development, compliance checklists, requests for conformity, major repair and alteration approvals, and repair development.

  • STC Product Service

    Supplemental Type Certificate services including airframe modifications, antenna and radome installations, custom interior and cargo door STCs, and wing pod installations.

  • Airworthiness Compliance Support

    Support for continued airworthiness and regulatory compliance, including aging safety rule requirements, airworthiness limitations, weight and balance, and service bulletins.

Training Courses

Service website

Advanced education and professional training courses for aerospace engineers and stress analysts working on aircraft structures.

  • Advanced Spectrum & DTA Applications Course

    A 40-hour comprehensive training course covering damage tolerance analysis, flight-by-flight spectrum development, and crack growth analysis.

Engineering Analysis Tools

Service website

Proprietary web-based software applications developed for flight-by-flight spectrum development, internal-load calculations, and structural analysis.

  • ASPEC Loadsgen

    Proprietary flight-by-flight spectrum development tool utilizing published flight and ground load histories to support aerospace certification.

  • FuseLoads

    Proprietary software to calculate fuselage bending internal loads for use in structural analysis and fatigue evaluations.

  • WingBox

    Proprietary tool that computes wing multi-cell internal loads between ribs for detailed structural substantiation.

  • WingSpan

    Proprietary calculation tool for wing internal loads along the span of the wing during static and fatigue analyses.

  • Frame

    Proprietary analysis tool that determines fuselage frame internal loads for structural components.

  • SSF Solver

    Proprietary Stress Severity Factor solver utilized in damage tolerance evaluations and fatigue analysis substantiations.

Industries

Aviation · Aerospace · Defense

Projects

No projects listed yet.

Aeronautica LLC - Engineering Firms