Aerospace Facilities Engineering
JRC provides Aerospace Facilities Engineering services to its government customers, supporting lead integration efforts contributing to some of our nation’s most critical defense programs. Our systems engineering expertise enables world class testing of critical guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) technologies. These unprecedented testing capabilities of extreme acceleration conditions and modernized missile systems, directly support both our strategic deterrent mission and the government’s national security and space exploration initiatives.
Leveraging our systems engineering expertise, our highly skilled team of facility design SMEs work closely with our government customers to ensure GFE is secure, reliable, and efficient, leading the design construction, operations, and maintenance pertaining to the physical security of nuclear weapons. Our teams manage the cradle to grave efforts of re-design/relocations, inspections, maintenance, and sustainment needs, including project coordination, and analysis of physical safety and security. Our comprehensive knowledge of both facility design and project management enables us to provide full-service facility management services to support our customers.
HOW JRC IS PREPARING ITS CUSTOMERS FOR THE FUTURE OF FACILITIES ENGINEERING
- Lead Facilities Integration: JRC is highly skilled at bringing next generation testing facilities from conception to Initial Operating Capability (IOC). Using JRC’s key expertise in facilities and systems engineering, we’ve brought successful planning, design, construction, and maintenance efforts to various government facilities. Over the past decade + JRC has contributed to bringing full operating capability to the government’s very first owned and operated facility providing shore-based testing capability to proof modernized submarine missile systems with Strategic Weapons System (SWS) Ashore. Our facilities expertise and system integration of critical test equipment will provide direct engineering support to Draper’s Strategic Enhanced Ground Test (SEGT) Facility, assisting with the management of system requirements, ensuring the state-of-the-art facility meets future capabilities to satisfy the goals of The Space Coast and other government programs.
- Upgrading Existing Infrastructure: With defense programs having aging facilities that require upgrades to meet evolving security and operational requirements, JRC is addressing the modernization and retrofitting of these facilities to ensure they remain secure and technologically advanced, developing and maintaining master facility design with configuration control. JRC successfully manages major administrative facility relocations to support necessary infrastructure needs.
- Incorporating Advanced Technologies: JRC is integrating innovative solutions for cutting edge aerospace technologies. Using rigorous testing and validation of the guidance, navigation, and control systems and combining simulated testing hardware-in-the loop, and real-world testing under various conditions, we can identify and forecast issues to ensure quality and control. Operational efficiency of physical security of nuclear weapons in facility design include advanced surveillance systems, access control mechanisms, and cybersecurity measures to safeguard nuclear weapons facilities. JRC engineers are supporting internal and peer inspections (facilities and cyber security) and follow-on mitigation.
- Adaptation to Changing Threat Landscape: Defense programs need to constantly evolve to counter emerging security threats. JRC facility engineers are anticipating and mitigating potential vulnerabilities, considering factors such as cyber threats, terrorist activities, and missile strikes. Specialized analysts develop in-depth analysis for–deficiencies, code reviews for accessibility, physical security exposures, and appropriate site selection for critical infrastructure. We ensure the government’s Strategic Testing facilities are equipped to support SCIF capability and adequate emergency response planning in the event of a missile threat.
- Collaboration and Integration: Our experts lead multiple entities and stakeholders, including government agencies (NAVFAC), private contractors and national and international partners. This key component of support enables government facility engineers to successfully focus on seamless collaboration and integration of systems, ensuring interoperability, information sharing, and coordinated response supporting GNC technologies, nuclear weapon physical security, and missile defense weapon testing across various government facilities.
