AirBorn has been manufacturing high reliability interconnect systems for over 60 years with leading-edge, innovative technology that is more reliable and better performing than practically all other alternatives.

Founded in 1958, AirBorn began producing electronic connectors for the military and aerospace industries. Growing a business takes drive, passion and determination.  Today, we are proud to be well-known as a highly-diversified manufacturing company employing roughly 1,400 people worldwide in nine plants with over 300,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space, so we are poised to provide you with the latest in AirBorn technology.

Military Interconnect Systems

Our advanced technologies, experienced design support, incomparable lead times and personalized customer service provide customers with complete solutions to a vast array of highly specialized design requirements in diverse markets and applications.

Our quality and commitment to our customers requires us to meet the highest standards of testing and certification to ensure high reliability under the extreme environmental conditions at 30,000 feet and beyond found in the Aerospace environment.

Innovative Interconnect Solutions

Providing support to the defense industry requires, top-quality products for mission-critical applications and industry-leading companies like NASA, Raytheon, Thales and Lockheed-Martin have come to rely on the quality and reliability of our innovative interconnect solutions to ensure their systems work in the most harsh and demanding environments.

Space programs supported include SBIRS, GOES-R, Globalstar, Swarm, New Horizon Space Probe, Mars Lander, Mars Rover, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and the International Space Station.

Over the years, our customer base has expanded to include commercial applications in fields such as medical technology and geophysical exploration.

Military Cable and Wiring Harnesses

AirBorn will also design and assemble cable and wiring harnesses for your custom interconnect requirement, including:

• Discrete wire harnesses – simple 2-wire to complex with PCB integration
• Multi-connector cables
• Over-molded cables
• RF cabling
• Ribbon cables (jacketed and shielded)
• Fiber optics
• Poly-tube harnesses

We use the phrase "value-added service" to describe our approach to providing our customers with a complete solution that matches their needs and requirements.

In some cases, this means supplying customers with one of our highly reliable standard connector products.  In others, it means supplying our customers with a complete chassis, or "box," that performs the function the customer desires.   To provide our customer with the best possible service, we offer turnkey solutions including:

• Standard Catalog and Custom Connectors
• Standard Catalog Jumper Cables (wire and flex circuit) and Custom Cable Harnesses
• Custom Flexible Circuits
• Custom Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)
• Power Supplies and Battery Packs
• Electro-Mechanical Assemblies (chassis/box-builds)
• Testing and Qualification services to ensure that product meets all requirements (include military qualification testing)


Custom Electronically-integrated Solutions

In short, AirBorn is ONE company that can provide you with a complete, electronically-integrated solution.

We believe our team of engineers are the most innovative and committed you will find in the industry today. If your part can be manufactured faster, stronger, or more efficiently, our design team will find a way to make it happen. AirBorn designs and builds all the tooling (including stamping tools, molding tools, and automation equipment), so that we are able to offer our customers a complete connector. Our designers and engineers work closely with the customer to determine part orientation, how the part will be carried, and if automation assembly will be used.

When you’re ready to prototype your part, we’re ready for you. Our ability to efficiently produce the first generation of your part, as well as the large production runs saves you time and money. We can often have a prototype run of small quantities of parts available in two to three weeks.

We have developed a team of the most experienced and innovative craftsmen in the industry. When your tooling is designed and built within our in-house tool room, you can be assured the quality you see on the first run will be the same throughout the life of your product.

AirBorn is bridging the gap between tomorrow’s technologies and today’s expectations. We are committed to the future of manufacturing with the introduction of leading-edge automation in both production and assembly.

Whether our customers require plastic injection, insert, or reel-to-reel-molding, we meet their varied needs with our wide-ranging expertise. AirBorn uses closed-loop molding machines ranging from 30 to 50 tons with shot sizes as small as 0.4 ounces. Our injection molding department work with most thermoplastic materials, and are capable of manufacturing products with extremely tight tolerances and dimensional needs.

AirBorn has gathered many years of customer feedback through on-site visits with key customers and through submissions on its website, and AirBorn has converted this customer feedback into a world-class website that addresses key customer needs in a simple and easy-to-use format.

Xplore Technologies is a global leader and recognized pioneer in the rugged mobile computing industry with more than 15 years of dedicated focus on developing and deploying fully-rugged wireless tablet systems. Our products have been engineered to meet our customers’ demands for reliable, fully-rugged mobility solutions that deliver superior performance and functionality, and can withstand the most extreme operating environments.  We deliver the most comprehensive and rugged tablet computing solutions in the industry.  Headquartered in the “Silicon Hills” of Austin, Texas, Xplore Technologies has spent more than a decade on research, development and product generation improvements culminating in the 2011 launch of the 5th generation system in the iX104C5™ product family.

The daily challenges faced by our clients in the field and on the front lines were the driving force behind Xplore’s “Voice of the Customer” product development methodology, which drives the engineering, testing and production of critical wireless, performance and expansion capabilities. Since inception, the company has sold approximately one hundred thousand systems globally across a breadth of industries and is a recognized leader and trusted source in the rugged tablet computing industry.

Xplore Technologies Corp. is a publicly-traded company (NASDAQ:XPLR).

Innovative Rugged Mobility Tablet PC Solutions

As demand for the tablet PC has surged, so too has the need for rugged mobility solutions with technology advances that allow greater reach into extreme environments. Xplore customers need mobile computing tools that match tough on-the-job requirements, whether those jobs take them deep underground, high above power lines or to the front line.
Driving rain, blowing sand and dust, temperature extremes, constant vibration, accidental system drops onto hard surfaces – Xplore tablets can go wherever users need to be, providing scalable performance, enhanced connectivity, flexible input methods, true portability and product lifecycles that match program and performance needs.
Xplore’s iX104C5 family of fully-rugged tablet PCs, vehicle/situational docking stations, enabling accessories, and peripherals deliver comprehensive solutions to meet the exacting needs of industrial, commercial and government customers.

XPLORE’s iX104C5 Dual-Mode Sunlight-Readable Tablet PC

Innovative Rugged Tablet For The Real World

Today, more than ever, mobile computing systems are relied upon by an increasingly diverse group of vertical professionals, military and security personnel to do their jobs. Xplore’s customers work in the toughest conditions and trust their tablet computers to be as rugged as they are. Beyond rugged, users demand scalable performance, enhanced connectivity, flexible input methods, true portability and product lifecycles that match their program and deployment needs. Xplore’s iX104C5 delivers with industry-leading ruggedness, performance data protection, meaningful innovation and longer-managed lifecycles.
Xplore’s 5th generation rugged offering enhances user productivity and safety by enabling work in the harshest conditions and by providing reliable operation while mobile in a standing position, vehicle or fork truck-mounted, or at a service desk. IT and program managers enjoy peace of mind in trusting their Xplore systems will operate when and where they need them, with advanced integrated technologies from industry leaders such as Intel® and Microsoft®.

Setting a New Rugged Tablet Computing Standard

• PROVEN RUGGED IN THE REAL WORLD – Industry’s Most Rugged Tablet PC
• XTREME PERFORMANCE – Industry’s Best Performance Platform for Today and Tomorrow
• FIELD-PROVEN DESIGN – Best Sunlight-Readable Dual-Mode Display
• TOTAL CONTROL OF OWNERSHIP – Long Lifecycles, Superior Management Capabilities

XPLORE: Proven Rugged In The Real World

Industry’s most rugged tablet PC

• Independently-tested to MIL-STD-810G, IEC IP67 ingress rating (10-cell battery), and Hazloc standards
• High-density, hardened magnesium alloy chassis with contoured bumper protection system
• Integrated piston gaskets on all user-accessible doors
• 3H hardened display protects against breakage and scratching
• 3rd party tested: 4' drop to concrete with system on; 7' operating drop to non-yielding surface
• Xplore’s Cool Touch thermal system, inclusive of multiple thermistors, regulate heating and cooling in extreme temperatures
• Exceptional data protection – Solid State Drive (SSD) storage, with dual SSD RAID (0,1) option

Military, public safety, field service and other front-line workers depend on their mobile computing systems to complete job tasks, execute mission plans and, in some cases, save lives. System uptime, continued deployed operation and data protection is paramount. Xplore’s iX104C5 is the gold standard in rugged tablet computing, delivering the highest degree of ruggedness in its class. Inspired by first-hand experience and input from utility and telecomm field service workers, military personnel, and law enforcement agencies, the iX104C5 can adapt to changing mission requirements and withstand harsh conditions.

Key Rugged Features Include:

• A drop specification that is more in line with real-life use conditions: 4', operating to concrete (a hard surface) 26x; 7' operating to plywood over concrete
• A unique piston sealing technology enables a higher level of ingress protection (IP-67 with 10-cell battery) from driving rain/snow, blowing dust/sand, and potential immersion in water
• An innovative data protection system utilizes a custom-engineered drive carrier, Solid State drive storage with dual SSD drive option, RAID (0,1) and JBOD array configurations which include advanced high-performance and durable solid state

XPLORE: Xtreme Performance

Industry ’s Best Performance Platform for Today and Tomorrow

• Intel® Core™ i7-620UE mobile processor, HD integrated Intel® graphics with dynamic frequency
• Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
• Up to 8 GB of fast DDR3 memory (Windows® 7, 64-bit OS)
• Multi-modal wireless options, including Intel® Centrino® Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Gobi™ 3000 Broadband
• Solid State Drive (SSD) for enhanced performance and durability
• Dedicated Fast Track GPS II – 2m and sub-1m models (optional)

The iX104C5 raises the bar for performance in the fully-rugged computing market by providing the most advanced performance platform in its class.
The iX104C5 is equipped with Intel®’s latest Core™ i7-620UE mobile processor, featuring the Intel® QM57 Express chipset, Turbo Boost Technology and integrated high-definition graphics with dynamic frequency.
This powerful mobile dual-core, hyper-threading processor with 4 MB of Smart L2 cache and up to 8 GB2
(Windows® 7, 64-bit OS) of DDR3 system memory supports higher-end applications like GIS mapping and mission planning that require real-time capabilities, fast processing and superior graphics performance to render images.
Multi-modal, integrated wireless options provide communications when and where customers need it.

Teledyne Reynolds is a worldwide provider in the design, development and manufacture of engineered solutions and system integration for both military and commercial applications – delivering products of superior performance and reliability, supported by AS9001, ISO 9001 and AS140001 accreditations, as well as QA certifications including SC21, ISO9001, ISO9100, ISO14001.

We support a number of industries, including: Oil and Gas, Aviation, Military, Medical, Space, Instrumentation and Communications.

Key Capabilities Include:
High voltage cable supply
High voltage cable assembly design and manufacture
Harness and loom design and manufacture
Design and rapid prototyping
Coiled cable assemblies
RF cable assemblies
Fibre optic cable assemblies
Cable assembly repair and overhaul
Programme management – production, development and box build design
Electro-mechanical assemblies
Electronic assembly wiring and test
On-site Installations
PCB population and wiring, soldering, vacuum potting and bonding

High Voltage (Military Cable Assembly, Connectors and Wires, Components and Electro-Ceramics)

High voltage cable assembly, custom design and manufacturing capability with a range of specialist connectors and wires. We also offer spark gaps, high voltage mica capacitors and specialised electro-ceramic products. Applications include medical, industrial, armoured vehicles, commercial and military unmanned platform and ordnance management.  

Flexible, Semi-Rigid Custom Cable Products

A highly specialised design, manufacture and test capability, which incorporates high and low voltage, fibre optics, data, RF and video links in any combination to meet exact interconnect requirements without compromise.
Should a customised connector be required, we have the necessary design skills and many years of experience to produce the exact solution needed.

If you only need our manufacture and test capabilities, please do approach us for a build-to-print solution. For the military market we offer a UOR capability for fast turn round programmes. In addition to the production of cable assemblies, Teledyne Reynolds offers next level integration of cables into sub-assemblies to provide a fully tested product. This capability is also custom design, manufacture and test or build-to-print.

RF and Microwave Cable Assemblies

(flexible, semi-rigid, rigid, custom)

A range of custom and catalogue specified RF and microwave cable assemblies operating to a maximum of 50GHz. Our high performance flexible cable assemblies are designed to meet the electrical and mechanical performance demanded by System or Test & Measurement applications.

The semi-rigid cable range is often selected for its superior shielding and insertion loss – with trained technicians using CAD and automated bending equipment to ensure precision-formed assemblies. Custom cable products are also available, including the addition of soft or hard armouring, environmental harding and specific RF characterisation.

Initiation and Ordnance for Cable, Detonators, Fire Sets and Packaged Electronics

A highly specialised range of initiation and ordnance capabilities and products. A reliable high voltage wire and cable range, which are essential components of every explosive initiation system where EBW or EFI initiators are used.

An extensive range of EBW and EFI detonators are also available, and we are able to develop special devices to your specific requirements.
We manufacture a complete line of EBW and EFI Firing Systems – designed to allow remote arming and firing of initiators.

Electronic Safing, Arming and Firing Units

We also design, develop and produce an extensive range of EBW and EFI based electronic safing, arming and firing units.
Applications include:
Mining
Sub-sea exploration and production
Research and development programmes
Geophysical applications
Military programmes (such as ordnance disposal)
Commercial uses (such as demolition)

Connectors and Wire for Payload and Launcher Applications
Space (Payload and Launcher Applications)

We offer custom designed and catalogue specified high voltage cable assemblies, connectors and wire for payload and launcher applications.
Payload specific interconnect solutions, manufactured in our own clean room, are designed in conjunction with payload integrators to meet the most highly specified performance and environmental demands. Catalogue products, such as the 600SQ Series, are provided as specified in their data or in accordance with an agreed Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP). There is also a facility for lot sample retention. We have also supplied cable assembly products to a number of major programmes including: The International Space Station, BEPI Columbo and Arianne V.

Reaching For The Stars

Avionics Interconnect Solutions - High and Low Voltage, Fibre Optics, Data, RF and Video Links

Our highly specialised design, manufacture and test capability, incorporates high and low voltage, fibre optics, data, RF and video links in any combination to meet exact interconnect requirements. Avionics interconnect often requires us to work with programme designers on platform specific solutions. In addition to the production of cable assemblies, we offer next level integration of cables into sub-assemblies to provide a fully tested product. Customers who only need the manufacture and test capabilities are very welcome to approach us for a build-to-print solution. For the military market Teledyne Reynolds offers a programme managed UOR capability for fast turn round programmes. The introduction of fibre optics into our avionics capabilities reduces mass and size, and enhances performance by comparison with an equivalent assembly, using only copper wires. Teledyne Reynolds can design, manufacture and test fibre optic cable assemblies as standalone products.

As an addition to the fibre optic capability, by using fibre optic cable terminated with the Teledyne Reynolds Hyperion connector, which incorporates 4.25Gbps fibre/digital transceivers, we can provide solutions to upgrade design issues where the interconnect is required to provide more capacity, enhanced bandwidth and higher data rate capability between existing equipment, but where space and mass are critical considerations.

Westwire Harnessing provides superior experience in designing and manufacturing electrical interconnect solutions for the aerospace, defence, marine, mass transit and commercial markets.  By utilising our engineering resource Westwire Harnessing can add value at the initial design stage of an electrical system.  The wealth of product knowledge, technical solutions and harnessing experience gained from working in the industry for many years can be used to offer preferred product solutions and will ensure superior quality of the final cable assembly.

Military Manufacturing of Ruggedised Harness Systems

Westwire Harnessing have been manufacturing ruggedised harness systems since the 1980’s, the company came about from the demise of Raychem’s harnessing production facility in Swindon.  Created in 1986 to support the Rapier Generator System for Keelavite Ltd, subsequently became part of Raychem’s strategy to support harness manufacture through preferred sub-contract support.  Westwire Harnessing supported Raychem on all of their military and marine harnessing programs aiding to their success.
Westwire is located in three facilities, two in Swindon and a third in Cinderford.  We are AS9100 and are an SC21 Signatory and can call on more than 140 years of cable assembly experience between the Directors and Senior Management.
Project and Vehicle programs have included:

AS90, MLRS/MRAV, BGTI, Rapier 2000, Bowman, Ridgback (UOR), Marine Bowman, Sea King, Test Equipment, Boxer, Shapaws, Buffalo, Soothsayer, Challenger II, Stingray, Clansman, Stormer, Dascu, Sea Wolf Mid-Life Update, IBDS, Terrier, LEAPP, Tigerfish, Lynx, Turbine Power Plants, M-Star, Vixen, Mastiff, Watchkeeper, Martello, Wheelbarrow Mk9 & Revolution, Merlin Test Equipment, Wolfhound (UOR) and MAN Trucks (UOR).

Cable Assembly Design and Rapid Prototyping

Contracting with Westwire early in the design process enables us to utilise our considerable experience in cable assembly design, allowing us to work together with our customers early on in the process to define their requirements with ease of manufacture, durability and cost effectiveness as paramount.
Westwire now has an additional 5200 Sq/Ft in Swindon to house our new engineering department, prototype lab and rapid prototyping facilities, effectively doubling our footprint in Swindon.

On-Site Military Cable Assembly and Installation

Westwire can provide staff to attend customer sites to install or oversee installation of cable assemblies.
Advice can be given on best practise as regards cable assembly design and manufacture.

Specialist Military Harnesses and Cable Assemblies

Through our long association with key suppliers and historical expertise in this Industry, we can and do specify a plethora of ruggedised components when designing and building cable assemblies, particularly those used in demanding environments.
Westwire also has experience in supplying the following types of cables assemblies:
1. RF Cable Assemblies
2. Extended Coiled Cable Assemblies
3. Ruggedised Cat 5/5e, 6 & 7 cable systems
4. Fibre Optic Cable Assemblies
5. MIL-STD-1553B Networks
6. Cable Assembly Repair & Overhaul

Interconnection Box Builds

Utilising what we see as an ‘adjacent’ skill to cable assembly manufacture, we also produce interconnection boxes – a complete interconnection solution provision.

Extended Capacity Provision
Due to recent expansion, We are now able to offer a ‘surge capacity’ provision to those OEM’s and System manufacturers who currently manufacture harnesses but who find themselves logistically challenged when considering new business capture.
Westwire will consider manufacture to ‘Build to Print’ and will engage with customers to ensure that the design has been optimised so that manufacturing process is as efficient as is possible.
Westwire now has an additional 5200 Sq/Ft in Swindon to house our new engineering department, prototype lab and rapid prototyping facilities, effectively doubling our footprint in Swindon.
 
Program Management – Production
Westwire routinely actively manage Production program requirements from some of the key players in the Defence Vehicle and Equipment markets.

Cleeve Technology International (CTI) is a high-tech, innovative company that has developed a substantial profile in the electrical interconnect sector of the aerospace and military industries worldwide.

CTI started into business in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada in May of 1998.  The company began representing manufacturers of electrical interconnect parts and components for military and aerospace applications in Canada.  In 2005, in order to accommodate the company’s growth, we moved to our own custom built property on Colonel Sam Drive.  Our business continues to expand as the company continues to focus on providing solutions to customers’ needs and solving difficult problems.

Recognising the benefits of expanding our operations in the United Kingdom and Europe, we launched into the United Kingdom market and captured one of the largest contracts for supplying electrical interconnect components to the British Military in support of the Bowman Communication System Programme.  CTI in the United Kingdom has a shipping and receiving warehouse, manufacturing facilities and sales centre in Swindon.  CTI has a Global MRP system which allows us full visibility of our worldwide inventories.

CTI has acquired, and continues to acquire, complimentary companies and capabilities allowing us to expand into new markets such as rail and mass transit, shipboard and marine.  As a result, CTI continues to provide products and solutions with better lead times than our competitors securing our position as a leader in our field.

Even with the company’s international success, CTI continues to foster close relationships within the communities in which we live.  The company is an active participant in Aviation and Military Exhibitions and other local trade shows and recruits graduates and co-op students from local colleges and high schools.  In addition, the company supports local charities, sports organisations, cultural organisations and fosters the growth of its employees through worldwide experiences.

CTI empowers its employees to offer quality solutions to customers electrical interconnect problems and this enables our customers to mitigate risk and focus on their own core interests and capabilities.

CTI will go above and beyond to exceed our customer and employee expectations through continuous improvement.

Face to face with electrical interconnect solutions, CTI provides a full package of services, including electrical interconnect systems and components supply to industry.

CTI stock a wide range of products such as wire and cable, connectors, contacts, backshells, heat shrinkable tubing and heat shrinkable moulded parts that are used extensively in Industrial, Telecommunications, Marine, Military, Aerospace and Automotive markets.

Our manufacturing capability allows us to support the integration and supply of electrical interconnect components and assemblies to meet customer programme requirements.
We have taken a ‘systems approach’ to design, development, qualification, supply and ‘follow on’ product support.  We ensure compatibility of many of the products used in an electrical harness system, panel or box.

Cleeve Technology offers a complete package to support your needs from prototype development to component and harness manufacture to ensure total customer satisfaction.

                                         Business Focus 

Providing systems and components designed, specified and integrated into electrical interconnection systems appropriate to customer needs.

Role

• Design of harness systems as a means of optimising value-add within harness manufacture and component supply 
• Provide rapid design and quotations for systems and components
• Provide fast and efficient services to support customer needs
• Hold ‘intelligent inventory’ to service customer needs

Objectives

• Grow sales and profitability by developing and increasing market share

Target Markets

• Military Ground Vehicles
• Military Aerospace (exposed areas, under carriage, SWAMP areas etc)
• Military Marine (weapon systems, cable terminations)
• Commercial Aerospace
• Homeland Security
• Industrial/Commercial & Automotive Hi-End
• Renewable Energy

CTI offers electrical mechanical systems solutions.  CTI’s strength derives from a highly focused engineering approach to solving customer problems.  From the supply of off the shelf components such as wire and cable, connectors, accessories and circuit protection devices through to completely wired and tested systems to meet specific project needs.  From standard mil-spec qualified parts and build to print assemblies through to tested and qualified alternatives to sophisticated systems.  CTI has earned a reputation as a leader in its field.

CTI Products

• Electrical Connectors
• Heat Shrinkable Tubing & Moulded Parts
• Wire and Cable
• Shape memory alloys
• Electrical interconnect accessories
• Conduit systems
• Circuit protection devices
• Integrated harness assemblies
• Speciality test equipment
• Speciality machined components
• Sheet metal fabrication
o Boxes
o Panels
o Boards
• Connector Accessories / backshells
• Over-moulding / Mold in Place
• Braided Assemblies

Component Design and Development

Design, development and supply of application and project specific components and materials through to ancillary items supplied as a kit with assemblies
• Brackets
• Clips
• Attachment hardware
• Brackets
• Clips
• Attachment hardware

Value Added Services

Products supplied to meet customer specific requirements
• Finished tested assemblies
• Sub-assemblies
• Bulk supply
• Kits
• Battle damage repair kits

Support Services

Development Engineering Resource
• HIRF, EMI & RFI solutions
• Datasheets
• Specifications
• Prototypes and mock-ups

Engineering Services

Design engineer resource
• Drawings
• Qualification reports
• Assembly procedures

Support
• Repair and overhaul manuals
• Codes of practice
• Tooling
• Training

Quality Accreditations and Approvals

• ISO 9001 - Certified
• AS9100 - Certified
• SC21 - Certified
• ITAR/Controlled Goods – Certified

                                         Mission Statement
Purpose

• To win respect of our customers with excellent service and products

Values
• Develop a talented community of people to work within an innovative environment
• Demonstrate integrity and professionalism in all our activities
• Promote traditional values and be proud of our people, our performance and our products
• Communicate openly and candidly
• Create value to our customers and to Cleeve Technology
 

“Hypertac is now part of Smiths Interconnect”

Hypertac utilises the superior Hyperboloid© contact technology which offers unrivalled performance in harsh environments such as shock, vibration and extreme temperatures ranges encountered in military and commercial aerospace applications.

The superior properties of our Hyperboloid© contact system offer land vehicle customers the following benefits:

•Increased power handling when compared to standard contact technology
•Improved resistance to shock and vibration
•Low contact resistance
•High number of mating cycles
•Self cleaning action
•Low mating force

Innovative and Advanced Technological Solutions for Aerospace and Defence Projects

Hypertac is committed to developing innovative and advanced technological solutions for key aerospace and defence projects including Eurofighter Typhoon, JSF and A400M. We work closely with our customers to design and manufacture connector solutions to achieve optimal system performance with low cost of ownership.

Our continually developing engineering expertise, rapid prototyping and pre-production capabilities enable Hypertac to partner with our customers to provide current and next generation application solutions. We add value to our customers by offering:

•Unique, technically superior and flexible solutions that utilise the ultimate in contact performance and reliability
•Products which are fully project managed from initial concept through to final development
•Expert application knowledge ranging from specific products to system architecture
•Collective knowledge and expertise to maximise the value of our solutions to our customers

Hypertac has been awarded the AS 9100, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 quality and environment assurance certifications.

Military High Power Connectors

Hypertac’s key operational strengths include rapid prototyping and global sourcing. With our world class engineering talent, these strengths enable us to respond quickly to customer requirements and provide them with the most reliable, rugged, high power connector solutions for use in harsh environments. Our key areas include:

•Civil and Military Aerospace
•Ground Military Fighting Vehicles
•Future Combat Systems
•UAVs
•Radar Installations and Communications
•Future Combat System
•Smart Munitions
•C4ISTAR
•Marine and Naval Systems

Hypertac’s Core Competences

•High performance contact technology
•Design for manufacture
•Specific application knowledge
•Broad range of interconnect solutions including cable assemblies, power, high speed, filtering and transient suppression and integrated control functions
•Rapid prototyping and pre-production capability
•Global procurement to leverage best in class component manufacturing
•Project management aligned to industry requirements

Military High Speed Interconnect Solutions

Hypertac can offer an extensive range of connector solutions that meet the requirements of military specifications. Our application solutions feature EMI/EMP protection, high speed data transmission capability, high contact density and high power. Our ruggedized contact system is available in Twinax, Triax and Quadrax versions. Hypertac high speed contact system meets the requirements of Ethernet Class F (CAT 7). It is compliant with the latest Ethernet standards (IEE802.3).In addition, we offer bespoke solutions to meet application specific requirements.

The next generation of vehicles require advanced technologies that enhance their performance, survivability, mobility and stealth. The introduction of these advanced technologies mean that power management in military vehicles is more critical than ever.

With the introduction of electric drive servo systems and vetronics into modern military vehicles, the efficient generation, distribution and storage of electrical power is crucial to achieve mission success.

To meet this increasing power demand, we have expanded our range of standard and application specific interconnect solutions. The PCB range has been miniaturised to cope with the more sophisticated and complex electronic architecture used in modern vehicles. Our products include:

•Quick release single, double and triple pole power connectors
•High power and integrated rack and panel style connectors
•Single pole power terminals
•Custom cable to bulkhead connectors
•Miniature PCB connectors

Design, Engineering Manufacturing and Project Management

With proven core competence, we provide integrated engineered solutions that fit your needs, developed in a environment where innovation is part of our culture. We provide a flexible, reactive and dedicated service with the right level of supporting data, which is vital to the Military and Aerospace environment.

Design
•Product & System Capability
•Applications Knowledge
•Rapid Product Development
•Innovation & Technology Integration
•Cost Awareness Open Culture

Engineering
•Dedicated Engineering Resource
•Fully Integrated with Engineering
•Reactive Culture (F1 background)
•Fully functional parts
•Direct feedback (Design for manufacture)

Manufacturing
•Contact & Connector Assembly
•System Integration & Test
•Cable assembly
•PCB & Flex assembly
•Production planning
•Ship to Stock Quality Rating

Project Management
•Aligned Processes & Methods
•Built-in Concurrency
•Delivers S.O.W. requirements
•Scalable model (product to system)
•Open and honest culture