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CAMX 2025: SDA Software presents its composite structures, materials consulting and engineering solutions leadership, delivering mission-critical designs for UAVs, manned vehicles and spacecraft.

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(Sterling, Va., U.S.) is showcasing its leadership in composite structures, materials consulting and engineering solutions for aerospace applications. With a foundation in innovation and technical rigor, SDA delivers composite-focused designs that meet the demanding requirements of next-generation manned aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and spacecraft.

SDA’s structural design and analysis services are prominently featured, emphasizing expertise in structural optimization and performance-driven composites engineering. Using advanced FEA tools — including nonlinear, dynamic and fatigue simulations — the company develops vehicle structures tailored to extreme environments. SDA experts are highlighting recent work in topology optimization and digital twin integration, illustrating how its composite designs reduce weight, boost durability and enhance mission performance.

Attendees are able to interact with SDA’s composite experts, whose knowledge spans material selection, laminate design, process optimization and manufacturing support. The company has helped clients transition from metallic to composite architectures, resolve defects and variability and accelerate certification for FAA and DOD standards.

In aerospace engineering, SDA Software provides complete life cycle support, from concept and preliminary layout to validation, manufacturing and testing. Its technologies include advanced ply modeling, bonded and bolted joint design, damage tolerance analysis, computational fluid dynamics and aeroelasticity. It supports both manned and unmanned systems, with an emphasis on high-performance airframes and space-grade composite assemblies.

Founded in 1997, SDA has been a trusted engineering partner for nearly 30 years, with deep roots in composite structures, mechanical systems and structural analysis. Its leadership team brings decades of experience across iconic programs such as the B-2 Stealth Bomber, F-22 Raptor, NASA’s Orion Crew Module, Blue Origin’s Human Landing System and UAVs like LightningStrike and Orion UAS.

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