Controls

The Controls segment designs, manufactures, and integrates complex technologies for use in a wide range of critical applications. Our industry-leading solutions are deployed world-wide in applications such as actuation and drive control, flight control, sensing, and embedded computing systems. The segment’s range of products include electric and hydraulic actuation technology, rugged data acquisition and recording systems, rugged commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronic modules and systems, solenoids, valves, sensors, electronic throttle controls, and joysticks. Markets include:

Defense

Rugged, COTS electronic modules and integrated systems. Highly engineered solutions from open standard based modules to fully optimized system solutions deployed in a wide range of demanding defense applications, including C4ISR, unmanned systems, mission computing, sensor processing, video and data distribution, recording, storage, and display solutions. Flight control actuation, ordnance (weapons) handling systems, and canopy actuators for military aircraft. Fire control, turret stabilization, electronic throttle controls, and highly engineered sensors for military vehicles.

Commercial Aerospace

Actuation, sensors, fluid controls, complex structural components, and aftermarket services for transport aircraft applications, including secondary flight controls and cargo door control systems. Integrated electronics for rugged data acquisition, recording, and controllers for use in systems such as ice and fire protection systems, landing gear control, and crash protected recorders. Modular products ideal for flight testing, airborne recording, rugged computing, and space applications.

General Industrial

Rugged subsystem solutions including programmable controllers and drives used in a wide variety of advanced electric-powered vehicles such as forklifts, pallet loaders, aerial platforms, cleaning machines, and medical mobility devices. Highly engineered components include sensors, electronic throttle controls, and joysticks for on- and off-highway vehicle systems, heavy trucks, and motorsport vehicles. Precision, low-powered actuation, both rotary and linear, featuring gear heads, clutches, brakes, integral position sensing, and control electronics. Solenoids and valves used in hydraulic, pneumatic, and fuel systems.