Military Gas Turbine · Propulsion Engineering · AI Analytics

Accurate Engineering LLC 40+ years. Turbomachinery and integrated systems.

Every component change evaluated at the system level. Military gas turbine propulsion engineering from OEM design through program office — technical oversight, sustainment analysis, operability assessment, and AI-enabled knowledge retrieval through SWIFT. CAGE 7X4W2 · SAM Active · SOSSEC OTA Member.

AGT-1500 / M1 Abrams T700 · T55 DoD Secret Cleared Small Business SOSSEC OTA Ph.D. Research

40+Years GT Experience
3Major Mil Programs
5Tier-1 OEMs
0.88SWIFT Faithfulness
Program Experience
AGT-1500 T700 T55 F100 F117 T800 RB211 GE90
Core Capabilities

Engineering services

Technical depth from OEM design through operational sustainment — across the full life cycle of military gas turbine systems.

Propulsion System Technical Oversight

Independent evaluation for government organizations acting as informed technical customers. Propulsion design review, operability analysis, system-level integration assessment, and contractor technical oversight.

AGT-1500T700T55Gov't Support

Gas Turbine Operability & Dynamic Behavior

Transient response, compressor surge margin, stall/surge event analysis, multi-spool matching, bleed scheduling, fuel control interaction, and performance across demanding military duty cycles.

Surge MarginTransientVariable GeometryBleed Scheduling

Sustainment & Lifecycle Engineering

Component degradation including blade erosion, tip clearance growth, seal wear, and coating loss. Operational impacts from aging hardware, sustainment planning, risk assessment, and readiness impacts.

DegradationErosionReadinessRisk Assessment

Diagnostics, PHM & AI Analytics

PCA/SVD-based propulsion analysis, Robust PCA fault isolation, condition-based maintenance frameworks, gas path analysis, and AI-enabled knowledge retrieval through SWIFT. Extends doctoral research at MSU.

RPCAGas PathPHMSWIFT

Environmental & Inlet Systems

Austere environment operations including sand, dust, and FOD ingestion. Erosion and thermal loading assessment, inlet anti-icing analysis, secondary airflow systems, and environmental protection evaluation.

Sand/DustFODInlet DesignSecondary Flow

Technical Mentorship & Engineering Development

Knowledge transfer from 40+ years of OEM and government experience. Junior engineer development, technical review guidance, proposal support, and propulsion systems training for defense organizations.

MentorshipTrainingProposalsTech Reviews
Accurate Intelligence — SWIFT

AI that cites its sources

Generic AI hallucinates. SWIFT retrieves — from a curated corpus of vetted engineering documents — and every answer names the source, paper number, and author. Built by a propulsion engineer to solve the problem every propulsion engineer has.

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Hybrid retrieval

RRF fusion of vector similarity and BM25 keyword search catches both semantic matches and exact engineering terminology.

02

Intelligent routing

Librarian service classifies queries and routes to the optimal corpus. Use @prefixes for explicit collection targeting.

03

Guardrailed synthesis

Corpus-grounded answers are cited. Any general knowledge supplement is explicitly flagged. No silent hallucination.

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RPCA acceleration

Robust PCA dimensionality reduction — an extension of Kevin Kauth's doctoral research — delivers 4.5× retrieval speedup.

SWIFT — swift.accurateengineering.cc
@asme compressor tip clearance effects on efficiency

Searching GT2019 + GT2024 + GT2025 corpus...

Tip clearance significantly impacts compressor efficiency.
Reducing clearance by 0.5%/span yields ~1% efficiency gain
across operating range [1]. Thermal growth during
acceleration creates transient clearance penalties that
constrain steady-state design margins [3].

Sources:
1. GT2025-154003 — SINUSOIDAL LEADING EDGE UNDULATION...
2. Compressor Aerodynamics (Cumpsty, 2004) §6.5
3. GT2019-91847 — TIP CLEARANCE BEHAVIOR IN...
SWIFT corpus stats
3,006ASME Papers
183K+Indexed Chunks
0.88RAGAS Faithfulness
4.5×Retrieval Speedup
Knowledge Base

What SWIFT knows

Curated, structured, and indexed for precision retrieval. Not scraped from the web — every source verified and traceable.

@ASME

ASME Turbo Expo Papers

GT2019 Phoenix, GT2024 London, GT2025 — compressors, turbines, combustion, heat transfer, controls, and manufacturing across three conference years.

3,006 papers · 183,000+ chunks
@GT

Gas Turbine Textbooks

Walsh & Fletcher, Saravanamuttoo, Dixon, Cumpsty, Lakshminarayana, Fawke, O'Keefe, SAE Aerospace Thermodynamics, Rolls-Royce Jet Engine. Page-level figure retrieval.

9 textbooks · 8,500+ chunks
@ANSYS

Ansys Fluent Manuals

Theory Guide, Users Guide, UDF Manual, Text Command List, Verification Manual — complete CFD reference coverage including TUI commands and UDF hooks.

5 manuals · 41,000+ chunks
@PW

Pratt & Whitney References

Engine Nomenclature and Subsonic Internal Aerodynamics (PDS-3614) — P&W-specific terminology, component definitions, and aerodynamic fundamentals.

2 documents · 1,500+ chunks
@MECH

Mechanical Engineering References

Marks Standard Handbook, Shigley's Machine Design, Moran & Shapiro Thermodynamics — foundational engineering reference for materials, stress, and thermodynamics.

3 references · 22,000+ chunks
About

Built on 40+ years of propulsion expertise

Accurate Engineering LLC is a small business providing specialized aerospace propulsion engineering and technical advisory support focused on military gas turbine systems. The company was founded by Kevin Kauth, Chief Engineer, with over 40 years of hands-on experience spanning OEM design through program office support across the AGT-1500, T700, and T55 programs.

Kevin's career spans Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce, Boeing, GE, and Georgia Tech Research Institute, and includes current technical support to the Abrams Program Office through KBR — providing propulsion expertise directly at the program office level on the AGT-1500 powertrain. That depth of OEM, sustainment, and government-facing experience across a single program is rare in the industry.

The company holds an active DoD Secret clearance (principal), active SAM.gov registration, and participates in the SOSSEC OTA consortium — enabling rapid engagement on Other Transaction Authority agreements without the overhead of traditional FAR-based contracting.

Alongside engineering advisory work, Accurate Engineering developed SWIFT — an AI knowledge retrieval system built to solve the document discovery problem that every propulsion engineer faces daily. SWIFT's RPCA acceleration extends Kevin's doctoral research at Michigan State University applying SVD/PCA adaptive control to gas turbine diagnostics.

Propulsion System Technical OversightIndependent evaluation for government organizations — propulsion design, operability, and integration review.
Gas Turbine Operability & Dynamic BehaviorTransient behavior, compressor surge margin, degradation impacts, and multi-spool system matching.
Sustainment & Lifecycle EngineeringComponent degradation analysis, operational impacts from aging hardware, sustainment planning and risk assessment.
Diagnostics, PHM & AI AnalyticsPCA/SVD-based propulsion analysis, condition-based maintenance, AI-enabled knowledge retrieval via SWIFT.
Environmental & Inlet SystemsAustere environment operations, sand/dust/FOD mitigation, erosion and thermal loading assessment.
Technical Mentorship & Engineering DevelopmentKnowledge transfer, junior engineer mentorship, technical review guidance, and proposal support.
Track Record

Relevant experience

Abrams Program Office — KBR
  • Technical support for Abrams powertrain and AGT-1500 propulsion systems
  • Coordination with Honeywell, Allison, and General Dynamics
  • Propulsion control, operability, sustainment, and performance assessment
  • System behavior across wide-ranging military operating environments
Georgia Tech Research Institute
  • Army aviation-related propulsion and vehicle studies
  • Military rotorcraft and advanced aviation concepts
  • Propulsion integration and performance analysis
Pratt & Whitney
  • Gas turbine mechanical design, performance analysis, structural evaluation
  • Advanced turbomachinery development and flowpath optimization
Rolls-Royce · Boeing · GE
  • Commercial and military propulsion integration
  • Gas turbine diagnostics and lifecycle monitoring
  • Advanced aerospace propulsion system development
Teaming & Partnerships

Small business. Deep expertise. Ready to team.

Accurate Engineering LLC is actively seeking teaming arrangements with prime contractors, defense integrators, and engineering services firms pursuing work in military propulsion, ground vehicle systems, aviation sustainment, and AI-enabled engineering analytics.

As a small business with an active SAM registration, SOSSEC OTA consortium membership, and DoD Secret clearance, Accurate Engineering brings the kind of deep technical specialization that primes need when the SOW includes AGT-1500, T700, T55, or legacy military turbine content — and the agility to move fast on new contract vehicles.

We bring value as a technical subcontractor on propulsion-heavy efforts, an independent assessor for programs requiring arms-length technical review, or an AI analytics partner on efforts where SWIFT's knowledge retrieval capability addresses an engineering productivity gap.

SOSSEC consortium membership enables Accurate Engineering to participate in Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements — including prototype projects and follow-on production where OTA provides acquisition speed advantages over traditional FAR-based contracting.

WHAT WE BRING

Technical Depth

40+ years of hands-on AGT-1500, T700, and T55 experience not available from generalist firms.

WHAT WE BRING

OTA Access

SOSSEC consortium membership enables rapid engagement on OTA vehicles without FAR overhead.

WHAT WE BRING

AI Capability

SWIFT provides engineering knowledge retrieval deployable on-premise for sensitive environments.

WHAT WE BRING

Small Business Status

SAM-registered small business supports prime contractor small business participation goals.

Contract Vehicles & Mechanisms
Vehicle / Mechanism — Description — Status
SOSSEC OTA Consortium Society of Operations and Sustainment Systems Engineering Consortium — enables Other Transaction Authority agreements for prototype and follow-on production Active Member
SAM.gov System for Award Management — active registration enabling prime and subcontract award on federal contracts Active
Direct Subcontract Engineering services subcontracts under prime contractors on DoD programs — propulsion technical support, analysis, and advisory Open
SWIFT Licensing / Deployment On-premise or hosted deployment of SWIFT for organizational engineering knowledge retrieval — custom corpus integration available Available
SBIR / STTR Small Business Innovation Research / Technology Transfer — targeting propulsion diagnostics, AI analytics, and gas turbine sustainment topics Exploring
Credentials & Differentiators

Why Accurate Engineering

CompanyAccurate Engineering LLC
CAGE Code7X4W2
UEIC67HMBEWNER9
SAM.govActive Registration
OTA ConsortiumSOSSEC Member
ClearanceDoD Secret (Principal)
ClassificationSmall Business
ProgramsAGT-1500 · T700 · T55

Differentiators

Unique combination of OEM design, program office support, and sustainment perspectives across 40+ years on military gas turbines
Deep understanding of AGT-1500 powerplant including recuperated cycle, variable geometry, and demanding military duty cycles
Active involvement in advanced propulsion control, diagnostics, and AI-enabled analytical methodologies
Ability to bridge classical propulsion engineering with modern data-driven and AI approaches
Doctoral research applying SVD/PCA adaptive control to gas turbine diagnostics (MSU, Ph.D. ABD)
Developer of SWIFT — a production AI knowledge retrieval system with validated 0.88 RAGAS faithfulness
SOSSEC OTA consortium member — able to transact on Other Transaction Authority agreements

NAICS Codes

541330 — Engineering Services 541511 — Custom Computer Programming 541715 — R&D Engineering Sciences 336412 — Aircraft Engine Parts Mfg
Get in Touch

Engineering advisory · SWIFT access · Teaming

Whether you need propulsion engineering support, want access to SWIFT for your organization, or are pursuing a teaming arrangement on a defense program — reach out. Accurate Engineering responds quickly and engages seriously.

Phone 248-229-5047
SWIFT Application swift.accurateengineering.cc
CAGE / SAM / OTA 7X4W2 · SAM Active · SOSSEC Member

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