Product Design

At McCormick Stevenson, Product Design is in our blood. Our team offers deep and valuable technical expertise focused on two specific industry segments:

Armament Systems


  • Munitions & Missiles
  • Guns & Launchers

Defense Electronic Systems


  • Communications & Computers
  • Surveillance & Reconnaissance

We build virtual representations of complex products by employing the industry’s most advanced engineering and design tools including CREO and SolidWorks for 3D solid modeling, and the ANSYS analysis suite for product evaluation. Our thorough embrace of digital product definition forms the foundation of a Model-Based Systems Engineering process delivering value throughout the product lifecycle.

Staying Ahead of an Ever Changing Industry

McCormick Stevenson is a learning organization committed to continuous improvement. To keep abreast of aerospace and defense industry advances, our team eagerly embraces a leadership role by facilitating and supporting professional design and engineering organizations, including:

  • Our company founder, Noel McCormick, also founded the Florida PTC User Group in 1995, an organization that McCormick Stevenson continues to spearhead today.
  • McCormick Stevenson actively supports our local SolidWorks User Group through meeting sponsorship and hosting.
  • A key member of our staff also serves as an adjunct SolidWorks instructor at the University of South Florida.

Solid Models Form the Foundation of Virtual Prototyping

A detailed 3D CAD Model is at the center of our development approach and forms the framework for both communication and collaboration between engineering disciplines. McCormick Stevenson communicates critical interface requirements through disciplined use of control drawings driven by parametric 3D/CAD models. Our team helps control the boundaries between organizations and disciplines that so often result in miscommunication and error.

Look to McCormick Stevenson for Expertise Across the Product Development Cycle

  • Armaments & Munitions System Design
  • Mechanically Rugged Defense Electronic Systems and Avionics Design
  • 3-D Solid Modeling and Concept Layout
  • Cabling and Interconnect Design
  • Trade Studies
  • Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
  • Tolerance Analysis and Evaluation
  • Design Review Briefings
  • Model-Based Virtual Assembly Instructions
  • Rapid Prototypes

McCormick Stevenson Delivers Comprehensive Technical Data Packages

  • Parametric 3D Models (assemblies & parts)
  • Native CAD drawings, fully-associated with and driven by 3D models
  • Neutral file formats (.pdf, .stp, .iges, .x_t, .stl)
  • Interface Control Documentation

A Design Mission to Reduce Unit Cost

With decades of experience we understand the overwhelming impact of the product development process in determining downstream product cost. For all of our projects, both large and small, we maintain a vigilant commitment to design for manufacturability, assembly and test.

  • Confirming hardware architectures are easy to manufacture, assemble and maintain
  • Identify clear, comprehensive, testable requirements

Serving America's Heroes, as Only Engineers Can

At McCormick Stevenson we embrace a simple but noble purpose – to Defend Human Liberty – a mission we execute through service to America’s warfighters.