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Newnan, GA
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Goodyear Electronics, Inc. is an electronics engineering practice providing specialized support, repair, calibration, and design services to the U.S. Armed Forces. Founded in 2001, the practice develops system architectures, hardware designs, FPGA/CPLD firmware, embedded software, and obsolescence mitigation solutions for military systems. Its engineering team includes personnel with advanced degrees from institutions such as Georgia Tech and extensive experience in defense electronics.
Providing engineering design services for defense and military systems, extending from initial architectural planning to prototype manufacturing and verification testing.
Developing solutions for legacy military systems, including finding substitutes for obsolete components and redesigning circuits to extend operational lifetimes.
Providing depot-level repair and component troubleshooting for specified military test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment.
Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.
Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.
U.S. Marine Corps / U.S. Army | Defense
Designed and submitted prototype DC power supplies for the TRC-170 Tropo-scatter communication system that are cooled without drawing air through the supply. Prototypes were accepted by both the Marine Corps depot at Albany and the Army depot at Tobyhanna.
View project sourceRedstone Arsenal, AL | U.S. Army / FMA Redstone Arsenal | Defense
Designed the electronics for the ARES Patriot Radar element screener assembled by FMA Redstone Arsenal. The screener enables onsite element screening so failing units do not need to be sent to depot, reducing replacement costs and man-hours.
View project sourceU.S. Department of Defense | Defense
Designed a replacement for the obsolete smart battery in the AN/GRM-122 military radio test set.
View project sourceU.S. Department of Defense | Defense
Designed a compatibility daughter card for the TS-4317 90 MHz Generator subassembly, making older version assemblies compatible with all test sets.
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Larry Watts began a 33-year career in electronics as a flight line technician in the Marine Corps. He has since expanded his capabilities into component-level repair on a vast array of electronic and test equipment as well as research and design. He handles marketing and personnel in addition to his technical work.
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Kurt Goodyear began a 45-year career in electronics as a radio technician in the Marine Corps, later working as a civilian employee on flight simulators and ground electronics. He spent 18 years in Army civil service repairing and calibrating electronic test equipment before founding Goodyear Electronics after earning a master's degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech.
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Richard Pracht has more than 34 years of experience in systems engineering and high-speed digital hardware design. He is fluent in both VHDL and System Verilog FPGA programming languages, with extensive experience programming Altera, Xilinx, Actel, and Lattice devices. He served six years in the U.S. Navy and holds both a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech.