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Hardware Modernization

Extending The Life of Systems That Still Matter.
Black-Box Hardware Replacement

Stator supports the modernization of hardware subsystems that can no longer be sourced, sustained, or supported through original suppliers. We work from externally defined functional, electrical, mechanical, and environmental requirements to design modern replacements that meet or exceed original performance while reducing long-term sustainment risk.

Requirements-First Design
Single Point of Technical Authority

Reducing Long-Term Sustainment Risk through Disciplined Modernization

Across defense and industrial programs, hardware obsolescence creates disproportionate operational and financial risk. Components that represent a small fraction of system cost can threaten availability, drive sole-source dependencies, or force premature platform retirement. Stator addresses this problem by treating hardware modernization as a systems discipline rather than a one-off design exercise. We focus on requirements clarity, interface fidelity, modern component selection, and long-term supportability to deliver replacement hardware that can be sustained, audited, and evolved over time.

Modernization
Updated Internals, Stable Interfaces
We modernize internal architectures while preserving external behavior, connectors, timing, and environmental characteristics. This enables drop-in replacements that minimize downstream integration impact.
Reliability
Designed for Long-Term Support
Component selection, architecture, and documentation are driven by availability, lifecycle stability, and future sourcing considerations, not just immediate performance.
Modern Electronics and Embedded Systems

Replacement designs leverage modern electronics, embedded platforms, and manufacturing practices while remaining compatible with existing system interfaces and operational environments.

Assurance
Requirements Traceability
We maintain clear traceability from original requirements through design decisions, test artifacts, and delivered hardware to support audits, reviews, and future modifications.
Confidence
Test-Driven Acceptance
Verification and validation are planned alongside design, ensuring replacement hardware can be confidently accepted into existing systems and programs.
Verification, Validation, and Traceability

Hardware modernization efforts are only as strong as their verification and documentation.

Lifecycle
Built for Program Longevity
Documentation, configuration control, and design artifacts are delivered to support future sustainment activities, re-procurement, and incremental upgrades.
Partnership
Prime-Adjacent Execution
We are structured to support primes and program offices as a focused, technically accountable partner, reducing risk while preserving program control.
Sustainment-Focused Delivery

Our approach is designed to support ongoing sustainment, not just initial delivery.

Architect Better Systems

Build With Intent

From modernization to new platforms, we partner with teams that take system architecture seriously and expect it to endure.

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