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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:

Former professor with twenty five years of experience in machine learning for speech recognition and computer vision as well as in data centers and blockchain.
Engineering consultant with hands-on industry experience in mechanical and electrical design as well as software and firmware development and testing.
Professor with significant expertise including in advanced radar, software-defined radio, and broadband powerline communications.
Industry veteran and former member of NASA's Super Problem Resolution Team who built or managed the development of over one hundred computer products.
Software developer and professor with extensive experience designing/developing/deploying advanced multimedia on platforms including handheld devices.
PhD chemist and explosives expert, including airbag propellants, with thirty-five years of industrial R&D experience as a designer of energetic solid materials.
White hat hacker specializing in penetration testing and reverse engineering and expert in the design of secure networks and IoT devices.
Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering with expertise in sensor fusion and computer perception for autonomous systems, including self-driving cars.
Embedded computing pioneer with thirty years of experience designing electronics and firmware, notably for DVR-capable satellite TV receivers.
Director of one university research lab that supports NASA and another that prototypes smart grid / energy, smart roads, and other smart city projects.