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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.

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The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:

Military & Aerospace Expert Witness List

The following is a representative subset of Barr Group's experts who have experience designing and/or testifying about these technologies:

Consulting electrical engineer with decades of experience in advanced technology development and project management in automotive and spacecraft electronics.
Professor and robotics lab director specialized on civilian and military navigation technologies for GPS-deprived scenarios including indoor and underground.
Chemist and consultant with four decades of experience in the area of electrochemical energy devices, including batteries, capacitors, fuel cells, electrolysis and corrosion.
Electrical engineer and expert in battery and power electronics technology with special technical expertise in motor drives and inverters.
Electrochemist, consultant, and materials science professor with extensive experience in research and industry for battery electronics, including manufacturing.
Electrochemist and materials engineering consultant with thirty years of experience and expertise in all aspects of battery systems and energy storage.
Security consultant and professor who has developed novel and patented security technologies including for biometric and physical security.
Professor of electrical engineering and computer science with decades of R&D experience in communications networks and wireless signal detection and estimation.
Scientist and leading expert in communications standards and protocols, including TCP/IP, 802.11 WiFi and cellular/LTE.
Professor of communications theory and signal processing with twenty-five years experience applying these to innovate in a range of industries.