Afterburner Wind Tunnel Services LLC

Safety Engineering and System Safety Program Development.

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About the firm

Afterburner Wind Tunnel Services LLC is a Northern Virginia engineering firm providing safety, systems, and weapons engineering support to Industry, Department of Defense agencies, and other federal entities. Its work spans aviation, weapons systems, research, testing, development and evaluation, and technology programs, with a team experienced in rapid-development defense programs.

Firm type
Defense Engineering · Aerospace Engineering

People

Stephanie VerdugoOwner

Jason VerdugoChief Engineer

Capabilities

Safety Engineering

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System safety programs for DoD weapon systems, unmanned systems, munitions, lasers, and batteries, demonstrating compliance with MIL-STD-882 and additional guidance including AI/ML-enabled systems.

  • System Safety Program Development

    Safety Management Plans (SMP) and System Safety Program Plans (SSPP) for tactical vehicles, unmanned systems, munitions, lasers, and batteries.

  • Hardware and Software Safety Analysis

    Hazard tracking, preliminary hazard assessments, system hazard analyses (SHA/SSHA/SRHA), operating and support hazard analysis, functional and health hazard analyses, fault tree analysis, FMECA, and battery safety data packages.

  • Safety Board Support

    Technical data packages and briefings for WSESRB, FISTRP, SSSTRP, and Laser Safety Review Board evaluations.

  • Environmental Assessments

    NEPA compliance documentation for defense programs.

  • Failure Investigations

    Investigations into safety-critical part failures including laboratory testing and reliability history assessment.

  • Test Readiness and Safety Releases

    Safety assessments and releases for test events including range-specific procedures and operator use limits.

Systems Engineering

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Systems engineering planning and execution support for DoD programs, covering management plans, configuration management, reliability, and airworthiness certification.

  • Systems Engineering Planning

    Systems Engineering Management Plans (SEMP), Systems Engineering Plans (SEP), Analysis of Alternatives (AOA), and Test and Evaluation Master Plans (TEMP).

  • Configuration Management

    Configuration Management Plans (CMPs) and Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) with compliance documentation.

  • Reliability Engineering

    Fault tree analysis, FMECA, maintenance metrics estimation, and engineering investigations for system components.

  • Airworthiness Certification

    Compliance support for MIL-HDBK-516 Tailored Airworthiness Certification Criteria (TACC) and Modified Airworthiness Certification Criteria (MACC).

Industries

Defense · Federal · Aerospace

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