Digital Engineering Methods

Full spectrum digital engineering services

end-to-end system development support

Optimizing designs while maximizing the stated effective measures

Integrated. Coherent. Synchronized. These client needs are the driving forces behind our Digital Engineering services. At Aether we apply our combined expertise as warfighters and engineers to provide solutions to our clients' most complex systems. It's this unique dual perspective that allows us to strategically apply our methodologies and processes to challenges and opportunities across the systems engineering process, resulting in solid digital engineering solutions tailored to meet the warfighter need.

Digital Engineering Methods Services
Our Digital Engineering Methods Process

end-to-end system development support

Optimizing designs while maximizing the stated effective measures

Integrated. Coherent. Synchronized. These client needs are the driving forces behind our Digital Engineering services. At JHNA we apply our combined expertise as warfighters and engineers to provide solutions to our clients' most complex systems. It's this unique dual perspective that allows us to strategically apply our methodologies and processes to challenges and opportunities across the systems engineering process, resulting in solid digital engineering solutions tailored to meet the warfighter need.

Digital Engineering Methods Services
Our Digital Engineering Methods Process

Aether is a full-spectrum digital engineering services company specializing in:

  1. Performing Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE),
  2. Creating and using digital twins,
  3. Developing customized DevSecOps (or DevStar) toolchains,
  4. Converting MBSE content between multiple modeling languages for use across multiple toolsets.

We are experts in Agile approaches and employ these approaches to our Digital Engineering efforts. Our staff additionally maintains numerous Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) certifications.

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Our digital engineering METHODS EXPERTISE

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Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE)

We help our clients accelerate software delivery by deploying and operating proven Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) tools and processes. Our experts streamline capability development through secure, scalable, and efficient methods, enabling rapid progression from minimum viable product (MVP) to fully deployed solutions with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). With deep expertise in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Architecture, and Cybersecurity, we ensure your software development efforts directly support mission-critical business objectives and uphold the highest standards of system quality.

Explore our MBSE Expertise
MBSE represents both a current and growing area of expertise within JHNA. JHNA has engineers skilled in numerous MBSE tools and methods at all levels starting with entry and leading to seasoned professionals. The JHNA approach to this technology is to combine MBSE tool training with expertise in the domain of application. JHNA believes this approach separates us from the competition by having a base of staff knowledgeable in both MBSE tools and how best to apply them based on domain knowledge. Domain knowledge is not easy to acquire and maintain. JHNA has hiring and retention practices to ensure this high level of MBSE expertise is available for clients needing to apply MBSE techniques for their business and technical developments.
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Agile Software and Development Tools (DevSecOps)

Our clients are pushing the limits of technology and as a result are involved in the development of complex cyber-physical systems. We support these efforts has resulted in staff with high levels of expertise in Agile methods also including the use of modern DevSecOps tools. Our staff are often either leading or participating in Agile teams producing sprint results in two weeks or faster intervals. Our staff are Agile scrum masters, “scrum of scrum” masters, and Agile product owners. Due to the significant software content associated with such development work, we've retained staff knowledgeable in DevSecOps methods implementing principles of Continuous Improvement and Continuous Development. Recognizing the future value of this technology, we have our own DevSecOps Toolchain Framework that can be tailored to clients’ needs to quickly retain the ability to produce customized solutions to complex cyber-physical systems while minimizing development time.
Explore our Agile Software and Development Expertise
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Systems Engineering and Modeling Languages

MBSE represents both a current and growing area of expertise within our company. Our engineers are skilled in numerous MBSE tools and methods at all levels, from entry-level to seasoned professionals. Our approach to this technology is to combine MBSE tool training with domain expertise. We believe this approach sets us apart from the competition by providing a base of staff knowledgeable in both MBSE tools and the best ways to apply them, informed by domain knowledge. Domain knowledge is not easy to acquire and maintain. Our hiring and retention practices ensure this high level of MBSE expertise is available for clients needing to apply MBSE techniques for their business and technical developments.
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JHNA digital engineering METHODS EXPERTISE

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Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE)

MBSE represents both a current and growing area of expertise within JHNA. JHNA has engineers skilled in numerous MBSE tools and methods at all levels starting with entry and leading to seasoned professionals. The JHNA approach to this technology is to combine MBSE tool training with expertise in the domain of application. JHNA believes this approach separates us from the competition by having a base of staff knowledgeable in both MBSE tools and how best to apply them based on domain knowledge. Domain knowledge is not easy to acquire and maintain. JHNA has hiring and retention practices to ensure this high level of MBSE expertise is available for clients needing to apply MBSE techniques for their business and technical developments.

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Agile SW and Development Tools (DevSecOps)

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Systems Engineering and Modeling Languages

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JHNA's digital engineering METHODS process

In the early stages of systems engineering, our work centers around clarifying the end user’s needs and problems, capturing the goals the system is intended to support, and then measuring and evaluating the system's effectiveness in supporting these goals.

Our JHNA consultants do this by documenting the required system functionality, interfaces, physical and performance characteristics linked directly to the goals, and any effectiveness measures documented in our modeling environment. We then capture alternative system solutions by organizing the preliminary system design into modeling components that satisfy the modeled system requirements. This provides a digital environment to compare and contrast solutions that optimize the design and maximize the stated effective measures.

Characteristic of our careful and diligent work, our model based engineering environment maintains traceability from the system goals to the system and component requirements. It is during the system integration and test process, that the verified components are integrated into the system. System test cases are developed and digitally documented to verify the system requirements are satisfied.

The end result is a disciplined system engineering process coupled with digital engineering rigor that produces a well-documented and traceable balanced system solution that satisfies our stakeholder needs.  

On-going Support

During the operations and support phase, our JHNA consultants continue to fine tune solutions. We develop fielding plans, assist with system upgrades, develop training programs that optimize system use, and facilitate hardware and software training and integration.

JHNA’s end-to-end system development support ensures the system stays responsive to warfighter needs and within the realm of engineering capability.