Boeing Recognizes AEi Systems Achievement
on GPS IIF Clock Worst Case Circuit Analysis
During 2012, representatives from Boeing visited AEi Systems’ offices in Los Angeles
in order to recognize AEi Systems’ achievement with respect to its worst case circuit
analyses assessment of Excelitas’ Rubidium Frequency Standard (RFS) atomic clock,
a critical portion of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS IIF).
The Boeing-led team developing GPS IIF completed the program’s worst case assessment on schedule, and is now proceeding rapidly in the program’s manufacturing
phase.
“AEi Systems is very pleased to have supported the GPS IIF team and performed the
analysis, modeling, and testing of such an important piece of the GPSIIF satellite,”
noted Charles Hymowitz, managing director of AEi Systems. “We are also pleased to
continue our tradition of close cooperation with Excelitas, Boeing, and all other
subcontractors involved with this exciting project and look forward to assisting
on future versions of the GPS program.”
GPS IIF supports the current GPS II infrastructure, including position, navigation
and timing services for more than 750 million users around the globe. The Excelitas
designed and manufactured RFS is a critical portion of the GPSIIF program because
GPS satellite technology is inherently dependent on the availability of an extremely
accurate and highly stable onboard frequency source.
WCCA is performed to improve design reliability and to establish that a product’s
performance has a design capable of meeting its specifications throughout its entire
operational life. In addition to WCCA, AEi Systems specializes in circuit stress
and derating analysis, failure mode effects criticality analysis (FMECA), reliability/mean
time between failures (MTBF) analysis, and SPICE modeling, especially in the area
of power systems and devices for applications in the medical, military, space, nuclear,
and other industries where high reliability is required.
AEi Systems is the world leader in SPICE modeling; worst case, failure, and reliability
analysis; and power systems analysis and design. Founded in 1995, AEi Systems has
a hard-earned reputation for delivering its products and services on time, under
budget, and to customer specifications, and serves nearly every significant IC and
aerospace manufacturer and many of their customers.
