AMI Aero, LLC

Provides specialized aerodynamic design and analysis for commercial, business, and defense aircraft from preliminary design through final configuration.

• Aircraft Design & Configuration

  Sizes and assesses new aircraft configurations using predictive methods for drag, engine cycles, takeoff and landing, and stability.

• Airfoil & Shape Design

  Develops low-speed and transonic airfoil shapes using advanced analytical and experimental design methods.

• Radome & Antenna Modifications

  Designs external modifications to minimize risk for bird-strikes, vibration, buffet, ice accretion, and performance degradation.

• Aircraft Modification Programs

  Executes re-engine programs, wing and winglet modifications, strake installations, and turret integrations for commercial and military aircraft.

• Defense & UAS Programs

  Supports defense-related aviation programs with services ranging from new unmanned aerial system designs to special mission aircraft modifications.

• Aircraft Geometry Definition

  Produces precise 3D models of aircraft outer mold lines using laser scanning and advanced reverse-engineering techniques.

Delivers fluid dynamics modeling and analysis using panel methods, boundary layer analysis, and full Navier-Stokes solvers.

• Panel Method & Boundary Layer Analysis

  Provides rapid potential flow and boundary layer modeling for quick aerodynamic evaluation.

• Full Navier-Stokes CFD

  Runs high-fidelity simulations to solve complex fluid dynamics and flow physics challenges.

• Cloud-Based High-Performance Computing

  Leverages scalable cloud computing resources to resolve highly demanding aerodynamic problems quickly.

Augments computational analysis through complete experimental design, model development, and test execution.

• Wind Tunnel Testing

  Conducts low-speed and high-speed wind tunnel testing, managing the process from model development through final data analysis.

• Flight Testing & Data Analysis

  Develops detailed test cards, plans instrumentation layouts, and performs flight test data reduction.

Assists aircraft programs in meeting FAA compliance through Supplemental Type Certificate support and a dedicated network of designated engineering representatives.

• STC Program Certification

  Coordinates supplemental certification efforts, drawing on close proximity to the Transport Aircraft Directorate in Seattle.

• Designated Engineering Representative Services

  Utilizes certified specialists across disciplines like flutter, loads, damage tolerance, fatigue, icing, stress, and vibration to satisfy FAA 8110 requirements.

Supplies specialized computational tools for rapid aerodynamic evaluation, simulation, and design optimization.

• VSAERO

  Provides 3D potential flow and boundary layer analysis as a fast, powerful alternative to Navier-Stokes solver runs.

• VLAERO+

  Performs planar vortex lattice analysis for subsonic and supersonic aircraft configurations.

• USAERO

  Models transient potential flow and boundary layer interactions using a time-stepping procedure for arbitrary motion.

• MGAERO

  Applies a Cartesian Euler code with embedded grids and an extremely fast solver to execute rapid component intersections.

• CAMRAD II

  Analyzes the aeromechanical characteristics of helicopters, rotorcraft, and complex rotating systems.

• Pre/Post-Processing & Analysis Tools

  Enables interactive 3D visualization, pre-processing, flight dynamics simulation, free surface analysis, and ice collection calculations.

• Custom Aerodynamics Software Development

  Creates bespoke modifications to existing solvers or builds new analytical tools tailored to specific client needs.