The recent natural-gas discoveries in North America have sparked a wave of interest in harnessing this source of energy for a range of applications. This presentation is an overview of a controls development effort aimed at using natural gas as a transportation fuel to offset the use of diesel fuel. In particular, focus is on the advantages provided by adopting rugged, production intent hardware from the onset and using MotoHawk, a model-based toolchain matured by almost a decade of development and refinement.