Draper

Founded in 1933, Draper is a defense prime contractor based in Cambridge, United States working in space, naval systems, missiles & munitions +6 more.

Draper, formally The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., is an independent nonprofit engineering innovation company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1933 by Charles Stark Draper with a focus on precision instruments for the military and aerospace industries, it now operates across space, biotechnology, electronic, strategic and human systems. Its defense work includes guidance, navigation and control (GN&C) systems for the U.S. Navy Trident II strategic missile program, where it is prime contractor for design, development, production and deployed support. Other work covers hypersonic and precision-strike guidance, inertial instruments and MEMS sensors, radiation-hardened electronics, fault-tolerant computing, autonomy software, cyber-physical security, and the WebTAK situational awareness system. Its biomedical activities include microphysiological organ-on-chip platforms for drug and countermeasure testing, bioprocessing technologies, and medical devices. The organisation works as prime or subcontractor for government, industry and academia, and supports the DraperSPARX program for integrating small businesses into defense programs.