How we work, in plain language.

Send us a spec sheet, block diagram, or short description via the contact form. We respond within one business day with either a 30-minute scoping call (free, no obligation) or a "this isn't a fit, here's who you should talk to" referral.

Most engagements fall into one of three buckets: a fixed-scope study (4–12 weeks, defined deliverable, fixed price), hourly consulting (10-hour minimum, weekly status), or a multi-phase development program (concept → simulation → fabricated, measured hardware). We quote each on a case-by-case basis after the scoping call.

Yes. MRS is structured to participate in SBIR/STTR efforts and to subcontract on prime contracts. NAICS codes available on request; CAGE code in process. We can serve as subcontractor or technical partner.

The principal engineer — Dr. Maloney. Every engagement. We're a two-person practice backed by a curated contractor bench; we pull in fabrication, measurement, or ML specialists by name when the work calls for it. You will not be passed off to a junior engineer.

Depending on the engagement: technical reports, FDTD simulation models, schematics and Gerber files, fabricated and measured prototypes, presentation briefings, or licensable IP packages. Most engagements include at least a written technical report.

For client-funded design work, the client owns the resulting IP. For licensed IP (e.g. a fragmented aperture design from our existing portfolio), terms are flat-fee or royalty depending on the application. Background IP — our solver, fragmented aperture methodology, and pre-existing designs — remains MRS-owned.

Yes — we routinely sign mutual NDAs before scoping calls when the client's problem involves sensitive information. We also have our own short-form NDA available on request.

UHF through millimeter-wave — roughly 100 MHz to 100 GHz. Sweet spot is 1–18 GHz for measured-hardware programs; we've delivered designs as low as 30 MHz and as high as 94 GHz.

Primarily our own proprietary FDTD solver — 30+ years of in-house development. We have access to commercial solvers when a client deliverable requires a specific package; for our own R&D work, the proprietary code is faster and more flexible.

Yes. Our contractor network covers PCB fabrication, machining, additive manufacturing, and anechoic-chamber / near-field measurement. We've delivered measured hardware on dozens of fragmented-aperture and matching-network engagements.

Yes — physics-informed ML, neural network surrogates for EM solvers, and ML-driven optimization. This capability is currently in active build-out; reach out if you have a specific program in mind.

Pay once, download a complete Gerber package for a fragmented blade antenna at the chosen frequency band. Send it to your fabricator. Use it under our standard product license (commercial use included). The free 2.4 GHz blade reference design is identical in format — fabricate and measure it before you buy.

Tell us. Custom-band fragmented aperture designs are one of our core services — and a new productized band is always under consideration. Custom design lead time is typically 6–10 weeks.