AT A GLANCE
Who we help – Defense, industrial, and semiconductor OEMs and integrators responsible for long-life, mission-critical systems.
What we do – Obsolescence and DMSMS engineering, interface/bridge modules, prototype/test support, and change-impact and lifecycle analysis.
How we work – Small, sustainment-focused engineering team using structured methods and repeatable workflows instead of ad-hoc fixes.
OBSOLESCENCE & DMSMS ENGINEERING
When parts, technologies, or suppliers disappear, we help you extend system life without unnecessary full redesigns.
We support you with:
- BOM and risk reviews to identify true DMSMS pressure points
- Form/fit/function replacement design and validation
- Documentation updates so configuration management and approvals stay clean
The goal is to keep your installed base supportable—using the smallest change that actually solves the problem
INTERFACE & BRIDGE MODULES
Interfaces are where upgrades and legacy systems often collide. We design and validate interface and bridge modules so new hardware can safely coexist with old platforms, and vice versa.
We typically help with:
• Electrical, logical, and protocol bridges between old and new equipment
• Connector and harness solutions that respect space, routing, and EMI constraints
• Clear documentation so integration and test teams know exactly how the pieces fit
This lets you modernize where it matters while protecting proven systems and fielded assets.
PROTOTYPE & TEST SUPPORT
We help you de-risk design changes and new modules before they touch the fleet.
We can assist with:
• Prototype builds and bring-up for new or revised electronics
• Test planning aligned with your qualification and acceptance requirements
• Debug support when behavior in the lab doesn’t match expectations
The objective is simple: fewer surprises when you move from bench to field.
CHANGE-IMPACT & LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS
Every change has a lifecycle cost. We help you understand the technical and sustainment impact before you commit.
Typical work includes:
• Mapping which assemblies, interfaces, and documents are affected by a proposed change
• Comparing options: minimal redesign vs deeper modernization vs full replacement
• Highlighting long-term sustainment and obsolescence implications of each path
That gives program and sustainment teams a clearer basis for tradeoffs, instead of relying on guesswork or narrow views.
UPGRADE & INSTALLED-BASE IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT
When it’s time to push changes into the real world, we help you do it without chaos:
- Define upgrade and retrofit approaches across mixed configurations and generations
- Support pilots, first-article implementations, and integration testing
- Provide clear, structured engineering inputs to your documentation and training teams
- Coordinate with your existing partners, integrators, and vendors rather than replacing them
Our role is to help you implement necessary changes with confidence, while keeping your installed base coherent and supportable.
For customers working with government logistics and DLA, we can also support selected spares efforts (including via DIBBS) where our design and sustainment background adds value.
HOW WE WORK WITH YOUR TEAM
Our work is grounded in a structured Engineering Intelligence Framework developed from repeated sustainment projects.
Instead of treating every problem as a blank slate, we use repeatable workflows, checklists, and analysis patterns tailored to obsolescence, interface, and lifecycle decisions. This keeps our recommendations consistent, traceable, and easier to align with your configuration management, quality, and approval processes.
You still get custom engineering—but built on patterns that have been exercised across multiple programs, technologies, and installed bases.
ABOUT IMPACT CIRCUIT DESIGNS
Impact Circuit Designs is a small, sustainment-focused electronics engineering firm. We help OEMs, integrators, and operators keep long-life, mission-critical hardware viable when parts, technologies, and suppliers change.
Our background spans board-level design, integration, test, and sustainment for defense, industrial and semiconductor systems. We care as much about interfaces, documentation, and installed-base realities as we do about schematics and layouts, so the solutions we propose are grounded in how your hardware is actually used and maintained over time.
Our vision is to keep long-life hardware supportable and mission-ready, decade after decade. Our mission is to turn obsolescence and integration problems into clear, documented decisions—backed by practical hardware, structured methods, and purpose-built software tools.
Quality for us means smallest-change solutions that still meet requirements, traceable decisions that fit your configuration and quality systems, and honest communication about risk, cost, and lifecycle impact. When “just redesign it” isn’t a good enough answer, we aim to be the partner you call.