DES is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Nontraditional Defense Contractor (NDC) providing ​high-value engineering and manufacturing services for the defense and aerospace industries. DES’s engineers and technicians design and build weapons systems and vehicles from scratch. The company has special competencies in combat vehicles, tactical trucks, armor/survivability, automotive, commercial armored vehicles, power electronics, and manufacturing.  

DES delivers full life-cycle engineering, technical solutions, test services, prototype fabrication, and low-rate manufacturing for projects large and small. The company has decades of experience in circuit design for military and commercial power applications, SiC MOSFET SSCB PCB/CCA design and development, power analyzer chip testing and integration for VAC applications, fully electric amphibious vehicle design and prototype development, harness design and fabrication, mechatronics/electro-mechanical system design, and analysis and simulation including Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), mobility analysis, Multibody Dynamics (MBD), vehicle modeling, course/environment modeling, and more. 

DES has successfully completed many projects. Some recent examples include missile defense re-engineering for US manufacturing and designing a production facility; AAVSU powertrain redesign, cooling system, and design and testing of suspension, steering, and brake systems; Mamba redesign for US production, armor design, and prototype vehicle build; solid state circuit breakers for US Army Aviation SSCBs designed for 270VDC and 115VAC@400Hz; HDT armored cab design and testing; ARV design of automotive systems, high-voltage hybrid electrical system, and vehicle chassis design; and AMPV MET MTT design and build of simulators, dual 24VDC, 120VAC electrical systems, and GFE integration.

The DES team provides testing of design validation, ballistics, and automotive in a secure, 53,560 square foot facility that is FCL – Secret, NIST/CMMC compliant, and meets AS9100D quality management systems requirements for aviation, space, and defense organizations. The DES facility contains an electronics lab and machining center to support production; a prototype shop including mechanical, electrical, vehicles, and metal fabrication; CNC and manual machining; and employs welders certified in AWS and Navy nuclear weld standards. 

To learn more about Defense Engineering Services, please visit www.defengserv.com.