By providing technologies that help put people and satellites in space, and protecting the armed service men and women around the world as they protect our freedoms at home, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) continuously seeks to improve the lives of people.
EBAD’s satellite HDRM’s have the broadest use in the US and European space market, having been used on over 500 platforms to date. EBAD has designed, qualified and delivered more HRDMs for spaceflight applications than anyone else in the world.
For almost 60 years, EBAD has supplied initiation, separation, and flight destruct hardware for commercial and government launches.
The need for precise explosive solutions is essential to the success of every mission. That is why since 1836, EBAD has been the technology innovator and industry leader in Military Demolition, Breaching and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) products.
EBAD is the industry leader for highly reliable precision ordnance solutions. For nearly 60 years, our products have directly contributed to thousands of successful missions on Strategic Missile, Missile Defense, and Tactical Missile platforms.
We’re looking forward to seeing you at the 2023 Hypersonic Innovation Conference in Dayton, Ohio, May 2-4 at Booth 315. We will be featuring our separation, flight termination, and initiation products. We’re looking forward to talking with you about our capabilities and cutting-edge technologies.
Separation Technologies
EBAD’s technology portfolio is continually expanding, providing our customers with a wide range of solutions supporting the aerospace and defense markets, ranging from pyrotechnic to non-energetic products and devices, making us the supplier of choice for any mission.
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Flight Termination
EBAD Flight Termination Systems (FTS) provide redundant explosive assemblies capable of terminating the flight of airborne missiles or launch vehicles when they veer from their targeted path. Our innovative systems have been designed and developed to sever structures, to create aerodynamic instability, for motor destruction, or destruction of other major vehicle elements.
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Initiation
EBAD designs and manufactures devices tailored to meet a range of system initiation requirements for the Warfighter, tactical missiles, aircraft and space launch vehicles. To address technical, systems and reliability requirements, EBAD employs proven technologies, engineered and adapted to meet the system architecture requirements of our customer.
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