Assembly of custom chemical processing systems like those used for SAF encouraged him to leverage staff and their skills, and to delegate to others, working on the business rather than in it. He added that the focus started with fundamentals and then shifted to growth.
Johnston Engineering’ s industry focus is primarily on energy generation and storage, CO2, H2, and critical minerals— a significant share of their business is with the Department of Energy( DOE), much of it applicable to technologies that form the backbone of the defense market.
While Johnston spent the first 11 years of his career working on military components, he admitted that
Johnston Engineering is not as well known in the commercial aerospace
Containerized systems for SAF
JOHNSTON ENGINEERING’ S INDUSTRY FOCUS
IS PRIMARILY ON ENERGY
GENERATION AND STORAGE, CO2,
H2, AND CRITICAL MINERALS market. However, he hopes to build awareness regarding their services in the aerospace industry. He said their sweet spot is engineering special projects for companies that may have engineering capabilities but not the time to invest in new technologies. He said,“ We have the ability to help them go fast; we can fit into existing companies, take on individual projects, try a new technology where they don’ t have engineers or structural analysis.” He said they can take on thermal or fluid flow, aerospace and defense thermal management, custom components, and design ground-up refrigeration / compression systems. Johnston Engineering is ISO 9001 compliant. They have recently implemented a Quality Management System( QMS) in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001.
Business Development Manager Austin Stone has been with the company for four years. Stone said their competitive advantage is immersion in research and development. He added that they specialize in first-ofa-kind hardware and new systems, from experimental proof-of-concept in the lab to commercial deployment.
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