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Lyn Aerospace is a premier engineering business established in 2006, specializing in the research, development, operations, and analysis of wideband instrumentation radar systems. Operating from offices in Rockledge, Florida, Santa Maria, California, and Waimea, Hawaii, it provides turnkey radar systems design, development, integration, and testing. Its capabilities encompass Radar Cross Section (RCS) and signature analysis, real-time and signature analysis software development, cybersecurity, pre-flight mission planning, and on-site radar operations and sustainment. It is the developer of ROSA Lyn Aerospace, a proprietary radar software platform derived from MIT Lincoln Laboratory technology transfer and deployed across major defense ranges.
Steve DalyFounder/Senior Director
Jim DowlingChief Radar Engineer/Technical Director
Christopher K. HasegawaSenior Program Director
Craig MaberryTransmitter SME
Comprehensive engineering of advanced range instrumentation radar systems across multiple frequency bands, covering frontend hardware to high-speed digital backends.
Upgrading legacy range radar platforms with modern control systems and refreshed visual displays.
Installation, tuning, testing, troubleshooting, and alignment of high-power transmitters, exciters, and receivers.
Frontend RF feed and receiver design and custom fabrication.
Implementation of complex linear and non-linear frequency modulation waveforms utilizing COTS DACs integrated with custom FPGA software.
Advanced signature evaluation of wideband and precision range instrumentation radar sensors globally.
Evaluating the radar cross section and signatures of complex aerospace and defense targets.
Assessing metric precision and target motion patterns from radar sensor datasets.
Processing and interpreting wideband sensor data collected from range systems worldwide.
Design and deployment of real-time operational and analysis software for range instrumentation platforms.
Deploying and extending the Radar Open System Architecture (ROSA) software platform to enable enhanced range resolution, matched filtering, and hardware-decoupled sustainment.
Securing defense instrumentation and critical range systems against modern cyber threats.
Navigating cybersecurity authorization and assessment processes for defense radar assets.
Preparatory analytical and operational support leading up to space launch and missile defense testing.
Developing pre-mission sensor coverage and target tracking predictions.
Preparing radar console operators for active mission support, utilizing simulated and historical environments.
Long-term operational support, field engineering, and physical asset management at major test ranges.
Providing active operational support for range sensors during live missile defense and aerospace launch events.
Mitigating hardware lifecycle challenges through proactive parts replacement and system support.
Field maintenance and engineering services for critical range assets including COSIP, MPS-25, and TPQ-18 sensors.
Defense · Aerospace · Federal · Intelligence & National Security · Space · Research Facilities
Vandenberg AFB, CA · Defense · 2022 · Client: Air Force Global Strike Command
Supported the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) across all phases of unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile test launches. Services spanned from pre-flight prediction analysis to post-flight performance evaluation and data analysis.
Santa Maria, CA · Defense · 2022 · Client: US Air Force
Led the software engineering team to complete the Initial Operational Capability (IOC) phase of the TPQ-18 Radar Open System Architecture (ROSA) upgrade, modernizing legacy range radar capabilities.
Cape Canaveral, FL · Defense · 2021 · Client: US Navy
Provided critical radar operational support and signature analysis for the missile-radar surveillance ship USNS Invincible (Gray Star system) during its global deployments.