At TAF, we quickly transition concepts to fully operational prototypes. TAF operates a permanent facility in Richmond, Virginia to house design and prototyping equipment, as well as additional flex space that can be utilized on demand. 

TAF's in-house modeling and prototyping facilities allow engineers to rapidly test and integrate design changes while incorporating them with the software, allowing for software and hardware to work in concert in real time.

Our dedicated TAF engineering team, along with a network of external subject matter experts and manufacturing partners, collaborates to meet our customers' needs and effectively transition our research and development into fully operational and market-ready products. TAF specializes in comprehensive in-house engineering and analysis, supporting the commercialization and seamless transition of research. Our engineers are skilled in risk reduction and performance optimization, ensuring timely, budget-friendly delivery of products that align with user expectations.

TAF conducts Research and Development to create new and innovative technologies that enhance our clients capabilities and readiness. Our R&D team is charged with identifying new opportunities to apply and combine existing technologies and science to develop new products and capabilities. We have a proven track record of identifying new technologies capable of transforming existing systems to provide new capabilities.

Some examples of our types of R&D projects:

• Advanced Lithium Battery Systems

• Augmented Reality (AR)

• Product Design

• Reverse Engineering

TAF offers Lifecycle Support for our clients including lifecycle analysis for new products and reverse engineering, which diminishes sourcing work for legacy products. 

For lifecycle analysis, we identify the lifecycle of products and platforms and help ensure that systems and products meet reliability, usability, maintenance and safety requirements.

To maintain legacy systems, TAF provides reverse engineering & diminishing source manufacturing support to ensure difficult-to-procure parts can be manufactured successfully.