In recent years, we have expanded our portfolio in defence products, announcing landmark partnerships with leading OEM customers like Supacat, BAE Systems and MBDA. These new contracts have been founded on tailored engineering support, automated, repeatable manufacturing processes and strict quality systems, further validated when we were confirmed as a JOSCAR-registered supplier.

Our products are now flying on fighter planes, storing battery energy for EVTOL’s, transferring torque within UAV’s and enhancing the safety of high-mobility land vehicles around the world, and we are only just getting started. The following is just a sample of our portfolio:

Safety Critical Structures

The integrity of safety critical structures in live theatre operations is essential for our Defence customers. We manufacture highly stressed weapon mount structures for helicopter platforms, and we are the named supplier of the enhanced safety roll-over protection assembly for the High-Mobility Transporter (HMT), a vehicle used in land operations by the British Army. These structures are made with a variety of fabrication methods, including tube manipulation, coded welding, precision machining and hydroforming.

We use materials that are resistant to harsh environments, such as aluminium, titanium and stainless steel, and that can sustain extreme speeds and vibrations. We also provide further processes, including heat treatment and non-destructive testing, meaning we are able to offer customers a fully integrated, verified, turnkey solution.

For more information, read our designated press release on our Supacat partnership.

Electronics and Communications Housings

Another long-term contract we have established is for a variety of configurations of communications housings for a recently commissioned armed, tracked based personnel carrier fleet. We manufacture aluminium housings from castings, extrusions and machined components.

These housings are welded, machined, inspected, and painted before being delivered to our Tier 1 customer. To support this contract, we invested in specific precision machining equipment, further demonstrating the strength of the partnerships we establish with our long-term customers.

Composite Blades and Fans

We have developed a range of lightweight, co-cured blades and fans, suitable for most impellor, fan and propellor applications. Our high-performance moulded department utilise specialist processing techniques for closed mould, foam core wings, blades and foils.

Furthermore, we offer innovative tooling solutions to meet specific customer demands, that can be optimised for different volumes and manufacturing processes.

Specialist Head Mounted Display Technology

We have supported BAE Systems in the design and development of the high integrity composite structure and 3D printed optics frame assembly for their Striker^® II Helmet-Mounted Display. The helmet display is a pioneering solution to increase situational awareness for Royal Air Force Typhoon pilots.

The carbon-fibre structure acts as an enabling element within the display, as it is a lightweight component, without compromising on strength, whilst it facilitates the cutting-edge optical sensors that allows for the overlaying of virtual mission-critical data onto the real-world environment.

For more information, read our designated press release on our BAE partnership.

Actuation System Transmission Shafts

We provide filament wound composite structures on a long-term, classified UAV application. As market leaders in producing lightweight, energy-efficient transmission components, our products are designed to operate at extreme speeds and torques with infinite durability, making them ideally suited to the demands of defence.

Key factors within the manufacturing process are our patented mechanical interface that removes any reliance on adhesives, and our in-house curing and machining capabilities.

For more information on our wider portfolio, please visit our designated Aerospace and Defence page.

Or to speak to our team about a specific project, please visit our Contact page.