Experienced engineering team
About 140 people, most of whom have taken a programme through certification at least once. Our average tenure is nine years, which is the number we are proudest of.
Capabilities
Services
What we do repeatedly, with a bench of people who have done it before. Not a list of everything an engineering firm can bill for.
Six service lines. They overlap, because real programmes do — a nuclear instrumentation contract usually needs integration work, and an avionics retrofit always needs sustainment. What follows is how we describe them; what you need is usually a combination.
Service 01
Avionics engineering
Design, integration, testing and certification support for avionics systems — from a single line-replaceable unit to a full flight control suite.
- System design and architecture
- Component and bus integration
- Performance optimisation
- DO-178C and DO-254 evidence
Service 02
Engineering design
Planning, design validation, technical documentation and implementation support for modifications and upgrades to systems already in service.
- Modification design
- System upgrades
- Performance enhancement
- Certification processing
Service 03
System integration
Making separately-procured systems agree with each other. Bus architecture, interface control and the rig that proves it before installation.
- Platform integration
- Interface control documents
- Test and validation
- Documentation
Service 04
Maintenance & support
Inspection, diagnostics, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting and lifecycle support for systems that have to stay dispatchable.
- Preventive maintenance
- Round-the-clock support
- Rapid response
- Obsolescence management
Service 05
Advanced nuclear energy
Instrumentation, measurement and control across the nuclear lifecycle, from research reactors to advanced modular plant and decommissioning.
- New build instrumentation
- Full lifecycle services
- Budget management
- Risk mitigation
Service 06
Rocket systems engineering
Propulsion control, sequencing and high-rate diagnostics for liquid engine test and flight, plus the analysis that goes around them.
- Thrust chamber instrumentation
- Gimbal and actuator systems
- Orbital trajectory analysis
- Thermal exhaust management
Approvals & standards
Every programme is designed, built and evidenced against these.
AS9100DDO-178C DAL-ADO-254 DAL-AMIL-STD-461GMIL-STD-1553BARINC 429 / 664IEC 61508 SIL 3NADCAP ElectronicsMIL-STD-883 TM 1019ISO 9001:2015
Why us
Why partner with Vanguard Avionics.
Six answers, each with the thing that backs it up rather than the adjective on its own.
Solutions shaped to the problem
We do not have a platform to sell you. What we build is shaped by the environment, the evidence requirement and the service life.
Quality standards that survive audit
AS9100D, DO-178C and DO-254 to DAL-A, IEC 61508 to SIL 3. Not aspirations — the frameworks our current programmes are running under.
Transparent communication
You get the real schedule, the real risk register and the bad news early. The last one is the whole point.
Reliable project delivery
Programmes measured in years, delivered against committed dates, with the slips flagged months in advance rather than at the milestone.
Long-term technical support
Twenty-year fleets outlive their silicon. Obsolescence management is part of the programme, not a conversation we start in year nine.
See it applied
Services are how we work. Projects are what we ship.
If you want to know what any of this looks like in practice, the project pages carry the specifications, the qualification campaigns and the architecture drawings.
Browse the projectsNot sure which of these you need? Describe the environment and the deadline. Working out the right shape of engagement is part of the first conversation, and we do not charge for it.
Work with us
Tell us what you are trying to fly.
Send the requirement, the environment and the date it has to work by. An engineer will read it — not a form handler.
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