Aerospace and Defense
With nearly three decades of combined industry experience in aerospace and defense, including for Raytheon and General Dynamics, Colby Nipper truly understands the complex intellectual property environment in which aerospace and defense companies live. Colby Nipper knows the technology and knows the nuances of government relationships and industry competition, including prime vs. subprime contractor dynamics. We are fluent in industry lingo and acronyms. We can help aerospace and defense companies achieve their intellectual property strategy without compromising their many government and industry relationships, and we can do it with a style that is familiar to them.
Colby Nipper blends this technical and industry savvy with decades of top-tier patent drafting and prosecution. Having represented multiple top-ten U.S. patent-filing companies, we know how to best protect our clients’ national and international patent assets.
Our industry experience includes work related to:
- Tracking, Jamming, Target Recognition, Stretch Processing, Multi-path
- Air Traffic Control
- Phased Array Antennas
- Analog and Digital Beamforming
- Adaptable Array Architectures
- System Security, Anti-tamper protection, Network security
- Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic Devices (SME-PEDs)
- Fuel Cells and Alternative Power for Mobile Devices
- Low Light / Night Vision Compatible Displays
- MIL-STD-810G Environmental Compliance, MIL-STD-461F EM Compatibility, and UL 1604 Hazloc Compliance
- Real-time embedded software
- Simulations and modeling
- LEAN and Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) processes
- Unmanned Air Vehicles and ground equipment (e.g., ScanEagle)
- Flight test and telemetry equipment
- Guidance system
- Future network connected defense systems
- Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) technology
- Digital video recorders
- Advanced cockpit / cockpit designs