Agile and responsive with a passionate belief and commitment to quality
Adaptable approach to design, engineering and manufacturing
Developing solutions for your programmes and business
System Assembly
- Design and manufacture of enclosures and consoles for aerospace and military applications
- Complex panel and box build
- Subsystem assembly and build to print
- Water-cooled, ingress-protected equipment racks for harsh environments
- Control units for power systems
- Communications masts and antennas
- Containerised control and communication solutions
System Integration and Commissioning
- System engineering delivery and configuration control
- Platform expertise for installing, integrating and setting-to-work complex systems
- Subject matter expertise in mission-critical satellite communications, networks, electronic warfare and deployed multimedia services
Installation
- Mechanical and electrical installation
- Data and fibre optic installation and testing
- Setting-to-work, trials and commissioning
- Network specialists
- Safety engineers
- All activities are compliant with current defence standards and commercial shipping guidelines.
- Installation site surveys, preparation and management, feasibility studies and reports
Technical publications
- Installation design solutions
- Technical documentation
- Safety cases and management
PCB Assembly
- Nadcap AC7120 accreditation at Merit status for Circuit Card Assembly
- Single board prototypes to high volume production
- Two surface mount lines and conventional through-hole
- Leaded and lead-free (SMT, TH and Wave)
- BGA and X-Ray inspection capable
- Conformal coating
- Environmental stress screening
- Automatic optical inspection
- IPC-A-610 operators
Interconnects
- Nadcap AC7121 accreditation at Merit status for Cable and Harness Assembly
- Electrical and data cable looms and bespoke wiring harnesses for air, land and marine applications
- Aerospace wiring looms to IPC-WHMA-A-620 workmanship standards
- Harsh environment and subsea cable and connector solutions
- Cable braiding – steel, copper and Nomex™
- Fibre optic cable assembly
Test and Evaluation
- Automated Test Equipment design and development
- Functional electrical, mechanical and system level testing
- Computational fluid dynamics analysis
- Finite element analysis
- Electrical safety
- Hyperbaric pressure testing to 3,000psi
- Electronics cooling assessment and thermal imaging
- Antenna testing
- Non-destructive structural testing
- High/low temperature and humidity testing
- Ingress protection
- EMC, shock and vibration testing
Tools and Facilities
- Design and tooling of mouldings
- TIG, MIG and spot welding (coded welders)
- Precision milling and turning
- Painting and finishing – wet, dry, powder, silk screening, engraving and plate finishing
- Amada® punch press and fold, small to high volume, steel and aluminium
Subsea Systems
Highly-specialised, bespoke subsea connectors, electrical umbilicals, cables and antennas designed for use in under-sea or harsh environments.
We specialise in adapting commercially available products for use in subsea and harsh environments, tailored to specific customer needs. This allows us to offer a very wide range of connectors at a very competitive cost and lead times when compared to traditionally manufactured subsea connectors.
- Design
- Prototyping
- Manufacture
- On-site moulding and over-moulding for Polyurethane, Neoprene and Polyethelene
- Metal to glass seals (up to 3600m depth)
- Pressure Testing (to 10,000psi)
Project Management
- Project Management
- Effective project management and delivery
- Best-practice management process based on APM and PRINCE2 methodology
- Procurement and supply chain management
- Stakeholder engagement and customer reporting
- Risk, issues and opportunities and assumptions tracking, analysis and reporting
Procurement
- Category management approach to managing supply chains
- Identification and mitigation of supply chain risks
- Supplier base developed and managed in accordance with CIPS best practice
- Managed and reviewed Approved Supplier List
- Robust export-controlled items plan, assures compliance to both the ITAR and EAR