Public engineering firm profile
TerraConcepts, LLC
Sterling, VA
Digital Mission Engineering Services
- Services
- 16
- Offices
- 1
- Leaders
- 1
- Founded
- 2006
- Size Estimate
- 1-25 employees
Overview
TerraConcepts, LLC is a Virginia-based digital mission engineering firm founded in 2006 and headquartered in Sterling, Virginia. TerraConcepts models and simulates combat, C4ISR, and commercial systems across the Air, Cyber, Land, Maritime, and Space domains using its proprietary Digital Mission Engineering Environment (DMEE), an integrated suite of physics-based COTS and open platform modeling, simulation, analysis, and visualization (MSAV) applications. Capabilities include system digital twin construction and operation, geospatial digital twins for global virtual operating environments, Live/Virtual/Constructive and gaming applications, and data generation for AI and machine learning development, training, and testing. TerraConcepts serves national security, intelligence, and defense clients across mission areas including electronic warfare, ISR, missile defense, counter-UxS, cyber, NAVWAR, and unmanned systems.
- Founded
- 2006
- Size Estimate
- 1-25 employees
Services
Multi-Domain Modeling, Simulation, Analysis, and Visualization
Provides comprehensive physics-based modeling and simulation services to support combat, ISR, and commercial systems across all operating environments.
Digital Mission Engineering Environment
Utilizes an integrated suite of commercial off-the-shelf and open platform physics-based applications to rapidly generate high-quality data for analysis.
Multi-Mission Systems Engineering
Applies digital engineering solutions to critical tactical domains, enabling cross-functional capabilities for national security and defense applications.
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Leadership
Ray Etter
President / Chief Engineer
M.S. Aeronautical Engineering, M.S. Space Systems Operations (Naval Postgraduate School); B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Prior to founding TerraConcepts in 2006, Ray Etter held various management, technical, and business development positions in industry. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in leadership and staff positions within the 1st Marine Division and at Headquarters Marine Corps. In 2019, he returned the practice to its roots in systems engineering by merging advances in desktop modeling and simulation applications with desktop computing power to deliver digital mission engineering services to the national security sector.