Transformative Technologies
Transformative Technologies
With over a century of experience, KSO’s research and development team leads the way in creating groundbreaking technologies. Our expertise includes artificial intelligence, advanced propulsion systems, electrification, and thermal management.
These innovations are designed to enhance performance and efficiency, shaping the future of military and defense solutions. At KSO, we are committed to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, ensuring our clients have access to the most advanced and reliable technologies available.
Developing Transformative Aerospace and Defense Technologies
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
Gallium Nitride Semiconductors
Revolutionizing our radar systems by improving power density and range, ensuring more effective and reliable radars.
Superlattice Semiconductors
Paving the way for more efficient electro-optical and infrared imagers.
Ceramic Matrix Composites
Silicon carbide and other ceramic matrix composites are critical to the future of aerospace engineering.
Carbon-Carbon Composites
The backbone of modern aircraft brakes and the primary material for aeroshells in high-speed flight vehicles.
Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)
A game-changer that allows us to optimize designs, reduce lead times, and produce parts directly at their point of use.
Ceramic Matrix Composites
Silicon carbide and other ceramic matrix composites are critical to the future of aerospace engineering.
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- Advanced Collaborative Autonomy: Artificial intelligence enables pilots to seamlessly manage uncrewed aircraft, similar to how a quarterback directs a football team’s offense.
- Enhanced Command-and-Control Systems: AI amalgamates vast, varied data sources, transforming them into cohesive, actionable insights for decision-makers.
- Prognostics and Health Management: Leveraging AI and machine learning, we predict equipment faults, estimate remaining operational life, reduce unplanned downtime, and cut sustainment costs.
- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Autonomy: Our teams use artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance product design, development, and testing. These technologies make our products smarter, more user-friendly, and highly capable, all while improving safety.
- AI and Machine Learning for Innovation: By integrating machine learning with physics-based modeling, we accelerate the discovery of new materials, optimize hardware designs like aircraft foils, and explore innovative system architectures.
Electrification
- We’re revolutionizing fuel efficiency in aviation by integrating our groundbreaking gas-powered engines with electric motors and batteries.
- We’ve completed the initial engine run of our hybrid electric propulsion technology demonstrator, marking a significant step towards its installation and subsequent flight testing.
- Our collaboration on the hybrid electric Scalable Turboelectric Powertrain Technology (STEP-Tech) demonstrator showcases a versatile, modular platform designed to cater to various applications, including air mobility vehicles, high-speed eVTOL, and blended-wing-body aircraft.
- We’re developing innovative power delivery methods, such as RF power beaming for defense applications, while also working to make power electronics more compact, lighter, and efficient.
Advanced Sensing Technologies
Our radio frequency systems leverage advanced microelectronics, enhanced processing power, and software-defined apertures to deliver next-generation capabilities for radar, electronic warfare, communications, and multifunction RF applications.
We are pioneering advancements in electro-optical/infrared systems, including space-based multispectral sensors and variants of electro-optical distributed aperture systems.
By advancing high-bandwidth digital waveform generation, AI-enabled intelligent signal processing, and neuromorphic processing, we offer increased capabilities against sophisticated threats and countermeasures.
Our acoustic systems provide superior mine-hunting and undersea networking capabilities with high sensitivity, directionality, multiple access, and multi-mode active and passive features for sonar, communications, and navigation.
Our missile seekers combat a wide range of advanced threats using cutting-edge processing and algorithms, all while maintaining low size, weight, power, and cost.
Defending Nations, Empowering Militaries: KSO's Proven Expertise
Innovative Propulsion Systems
We are at the forefront of developing propulsion systems designed for a variety of applications, including both commercial and military aircraft, as well as kinetic and non-kinetic effectors.
- Building on our industry-leading GTF engine architecture, we are pioneering hybrid electric propulsion and exploring advanced cycles, steam injection, and sustainable/alternative aviation fuels.
- Leveraging our expertise in advanced weaponry, we are developing air-breathing scramjet systems capable of traveling at hypersonic speeds without any moving parts.
- In collaboration with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, we are demonstrating a compact and highly efficient rotating detonation engine concept.
- Our GatorWorks prototyping team, part of Pratt & Whitney, is dedicated to the rapid and agile development of military engines.
Integrated Systems
We utilize model-based digital engineering and operations analysis to develop systems that are smarter, faster, and more effective than ever before.
Enabling Advanced Operational Concepts
Innovating Missile and Defense Systems
Integrating Directed-Energy Systems
Advancing Propulsion and Thermal Management
Enhancing Cybersecurity and Software Solutions
Innovation Channels
- KSO Advanced Technologies: With a legacy, KSO Advanced Technologies leads in research and development. KSO consistently translates advanced research into impactful solutions.
- KSO Technology Research Center: At KSO, our Technology Research Center serves as the nucleus of innovation, dedicated to developing cutting-edge technologies and tackling complex challenges. We foster seamless transfer of discoveries and capabilities across our organization to drive continuous advancement.
