Engine Design & Engineering Services
Kratos delivers advanced engineering, testing, and material solutions for military and commercial engines, space propulsion, and industrial power-producing applications. Leveraging deep, cross-industry expertise, we provide innovative, cost-effective solutions that enhance performance, improve reliability, and accelerate our customers’ mission success.
Our Engine Design & Engineering Services
Kratos provides exceptional design and engineering services to a variety of customers, including demonstrator services and support, aero design, mechanical design, thermal and structural analysis, and in-house testing.
Aerodynamic Design & Analysis Experts
Kratos is a leading expert in providing aerodynamic design and analytical services in the aerospace industry, including 3-D steady and unsteady computational fluid dynamics, aero-mechanical interaction, flutter, and cavitation analyses. Kratos has a wide range of experiences spanning across all areas of industry, such as military, space, and commercial applications.
One-stop shop for demonstrator engine, component, and rig test articles
Specialties include compression and expansion turbomachinery systems, combustion systems, heat exchangers, and inlet/exhaust systems. Fully integrated support is offered for all phases of demonstrator programs, including project planning, design, hardware manufacturing, instrumentation, assembly, and test.
Mechanical Design Experts
Kratos provides innovative and affordable design services associated with the complex mechanical systems found on all things turbomachinery and space propulsion. We deliver customizable turnkey solutions, from concept to production. Our diverse team has extensive expertise in all aspects of high-speed, high-temperature turbomachinery design. We utilize advanced computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing modeling and finite element analysis (FEA) analytical simulation tools to optimize performance, functionality, manufacturability, and cost. Kratos is on the cutting-edge of industry and Department of Defense requirements, integrating model-based definition (MBD), product lifecycle management (PLM), and conventional designs into comprehensive technical data packages.
Complete Turbomachinery Analytical Support
Kratos brings to bear a full suite of thermal and structural analyses to support new product design, upgrades of existing equipment, and field investigations. At the component level, airfoil cooling design, fluid flow, and metal temperature predictions, along with steady and dynamic stress analyses, support evaluations of part durability, such as creep capability, oxidation/erosion resistance, and fatigue/fracture life. System-level evaluations include secondary air system analysis, whole engine modeling (steady state and transient), thermal management systems, and rotordynamics. Placement and pre-test predictions for various sensor types (thermocouples, strain gages, etc.) are routinely made and validated by in-house flow and vibration laboratory testing.
Full Range of Testing Services
Kratos’ test center provides a full range of testing services to complement design validation and failure analyses. The lab and test center services are supported by engineering staff to give customers unparalleled service and experience on every project. Kratos’ highly skilled and experienced instrumentation specialists focus solely on instrumentation to deliver industry-leading results on tight schedules.
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Kratos engineers and deploys technology and systems that move national security forward, with the cost, speed, and reliability that make readiness certain. Join us—explore open roles and apply today.
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