Columbia Research Laboratories

Founded in 1953, Columbia Research Laboratories is a defense component supplier based in Woodlyn, United States working in air systems, missiles & munitions, space +1 more.

Columbia Research Laboratories, Inc. is a privately held, woman-owned small business based in Woodlyn, Pennsylvania. Since 1953 it has manufactured sensors and associated signal conditioning electronics for aerospace, military and industrial markets. Its product range includes force balance accelerometers and inclinometers, piezoelectric accelerometers, vibration and temperature transmitters, dynamic pressure sensors, strain gage fatigue sensors for aircraft structures, LVDTs, fiber optic sensors and angular accelerometers. The company states that its products have been flight-qualified on US Government military programs, including aircraft, missile and space vehicle applications, and that it has supplied sensors for aircraft such as the A-10, F-16 and F-117 and for missile systems such as the Trident and Hellfire. It operates a 20,000 square foot facility in Woodlyn that handles about 98% of its production in-house, with environmental test labs for centrifuge calibration and a clean room for torque mechanism assembly. Its machine shop, Alibert Industries, operates on the same site and works exclusively for Columbia. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 with design and AS9100:2016 certification.