Schafer's Systems Engineering and Integration Division provides high quality technical products and services across a broad spectrum of disciplines through a specialized, experienced technical staff. Core competency areas include: Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) Schafer provides support to many of our customers' SE&I organizations.  Our staff has expertise in a variety of general and specialized SE&I applications, including requirements development, analysis, and management; risk analysis and management, and specialty engineering. Concept Design and Evaluation As a prime contractor and as a subcontractor, Schafer has been responsible for a variety of system designs, on applications ranging from optical subsystems to complete vehicle systems including endo-and exo-atmospheric vehicles and the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV).   Modeling and Simulation Schafer maintains and uses a variety of industry-standard and in-house developed modeling and simulation packages including: 3-dof and 6-dof missile and vehicle simulations:  POST3D, TAVSIM Control system synthesis and analysis: Matlab, Simulink Solid modeling: ProEngineering Structural Analysis: ProEngineer Optical System Design and Analysis: Zemax Discrete Event Simulation: Extend Cost Estimation and Analysis: in-house tools (activity and process-based) Operational Analysis and Effectiveness: in-house statistical-based tools   Technology Development and Infusion Through prime contracts and SBIR/STTR contract vehicles, Schafer has developed and tested technologies related to: Miniature vehicles including kinetic kill vehicles and guided munitions Solid state actuation systems Advanced optical systems including lightweight optics Terrain mapping algorithms and software Information Architecture Schafer has lead and support roles in Information Architecture activities on major missile defense programs.     Test and Evaluation As a prime contractor and subcontractor, Schafer has experience conducting a variety of hardware and software tests in cost-effective manners.  We have conducted innovative, low-cost tests for our own technology applications and have provided test engineers/analysts for integrated flight tests for major missile defense programs.   Human / System Interface We have experience in human-system interface design and interface through our own SBIR development activities as well as through support contracts to prime contractors on missile defense programs.