Systems Engineering and Development and Sustainment.
Kurtek LLC is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm supporting government agencies and commercial space operators across the full lifecycle of mission-critical space and ground systems. Its engineers have spent decades designing space and ground systems to deliver performance and end-to-end interoperability across agency, mission, platform, and planetary boundaries. Supported missions span human spaceflight, interplanetary exploration, and national security, with a proven record of NASA partnerships including Artemis, NISAR, PACE, and SPHEREx.
Systems engineering support through all phases of the system lifecycle from concept to operations, applying tailored engineering frameworks and processes to achieve program objectives, improve technology governance, and deliver demonstrated value to agency stakeholders.
Full-lifecycle development and sustainment services for demanding, mission-critical requirements using agile and hybrid methodologies to manage large-scale software implementation and enable incremental capability enhancement.
Design of secure, high-performance hybrid architectures that combine public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises elements to support cloud transition, deliver improved enterprise capabilities, and integrate government and commercial services.
Design, build, integration, and qualification of hardware components, assemblies, and integrated systems for use in controlled, field, flight, and space environments, leveraging rapid prototyping and on-demand manufacturing.
Space · Aerospace · Defense · Government · Healthcare
Space · Client: NASA
Developed a scalable, cloud-first enterprise architecture for NASA Near Space Network ground network management and space communications service delivery, evaluating government, commercial, and hybrid capabilities to identify an optimal implementation strategy.
Space · Client: NASA
Developed high-fidelity signal chain models for the LEGS antenna network and signal processing subsystems to identify and mitigate component performance limitations and sources of interference, ensuring successful mission link closure.
Space · Client: NASA
Developed standardized document formats and processes to capture mission interface requirements and service-level agreements, and supported onboarding of major missions including Artemis/Orion, NISAR, PACE, and SPHEREx.
Space · Client: NASA
Developed a data model and database architecture to manage NSN network service, commercial provider, and user mission data, and designed a real-time, on-demand mission-to-provider matchmaking capability.