Barr Group's military and aerospace expert witness team comprises experienced software developers, electrical engineers, and mechanical engineers as well as PhD cryptographers with expertise in the design of state-of-the-art mission-critical defense electronics. Our experts have assisted with IP infringement and hacking/security breach litigation.
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Defense Electronics and Avionics
Barr Group is in the business of designing reliable and secure computers and our team of expert software engineers, electrical engineers, and mechanical engineers are familiar with electronic military and aerospace systems such as:
- Drones, i.e. unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
- Physical security and surveillance systems
- Airplane avionics and ARINC-standard communications equipment
- Soldier-worn electronics, including hardened/low-power computers
- Military field radios, including software-defined radios (SDR)
- Aviation systems safety standards including DO-178 and DO-254
- Battlefield robots, smart weapons and GPS guidance systems
- Cybersecurity and secure wireless communications and protocols
Barr Group's experts are familiar with most operating systems used in embedded systems, including real-time operating systems like OSEK and QNX, as well as Linux, and programming languages including assembly, C, C++, and Matlab. And we are just as comfortable with electronic circuits and ASICs and the Verilog and VHDL languages.
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Expert Witness Services
Barr Group's weapons systems and avionics experts support plaintiffs and defendants in litigation in U.S. District Courts, at the International Trade Commission (ITC), and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). Our services include:
- Technical assistance with drafting of discovery requests
- Software source code review and analysis
- Source code comparisons for copyright and trade secret theft
- Analysis of electronics and related design documents
- Prior art review for patent invalidity
- Reverse engineering, including disassembly of binary code
- Forensic analysis and electronic data and metadata retrieval
- Expert reports, declarations, and witness statements
- Testimony at deposition, oral hearings, and trials
Barr Group has a demonstrated ability to quickly activate one or more code reviewers to match the size, scope, and complexity of any project.
The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:
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Electronics and computer science expert with more than twenty-five years of hands-on experience...
Registered Professional Engineer (PE) with several decades of hands-on industry experience...
Professor of electrical and computer engineering with over twenty-five years of experience in...
Professor of electrical and computer engineering and robotics with more than a decade of...
Chemist and consultant with four decades of experience in the area of electrochemical energy...
Electrical engineer and expert in battery and power electronics technology with special...
Experienced electrochemist, consultant, and adjunct professor of materials science and...
Technology consultant with more than thirty years of experience in battery, materials, and...
Security consultant and adjunct professor who has developed novel and patented security...
Professor of electrical engineering and computer science with decades of R&D experience in...
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