Systems Engineering
Among the most rewarding of technical work is the engineering into
existence of a system that will reliably and will ably support "real
world" users in the conduct of their mission. LC3S has assembled the
capability to bring a system into being, to develop it, install it,
transition the user to the new system, and to support the system
throughout its life cycle. The key to the development of complex systems
is a structured approach with an emphasis on early and complete
requirements analysis.
In addition, LC3S is knowledgeable in the many military standards and
specifications that constrain the development, test, and documentation
of defense systems. LC3S has developed system management techniques,
such as quality assurance, configuration management, cost and schedule
tracking, peer group review and approval, independent test teams, and
design consistency reviews that ensure that a system development is
successful.
Over the years, LC3S has seen both equipment and software vendors offer
more standardized and transportable designs, thus providing the
opportunity for a system developer to avoid significant cost, schedule,
and performance risks by incorporating off the shelf components into a
system design. LC3S has become adept at using such existing elements by
keeping abreast of the market offerings of the various vendors and by
honing our system integration skills.
An important aspect of our systems engineering approach is security.
LC3S has been quite successful in establishing a highly competent group
in Security Engineers. In particular, we engineer security into all
systems that we develop. We perform the following:
