Humanetics

Founded in 1952, Humanetics is a defense component supplier based in Farmington Hills, United States working in air systems, radar & sensors, simulation & training.

Humanetics is a global group of safety, digital and sensor technology companies, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan, with a history dating to 1952 when Samuel Alderson founded Alderson Research Laboratories. The group designs and manufactures anthropomorphic test devices (crash test dummies) for automotive, aerospace and military safety testing, along with calibration equipment, crash sensors and instrumentation, virtual simulation software, driving robots and active safety test platforms. Its subsidiaries include HITEC Sensors, Fibercore and OpTek Systems, which supply custom sensors, specialty optical fibers and precision laser engineering to aerospace, industrial, energy and biomedical customers. Humanetics also states that its sensors are used on flight platforms and that its ATDs support aerospace and defense projects, including ejection and blast protection testing for military personnel. The group reports about 1,000 employees and is owned by the private equity firm Bridgepoint. Its quality management systems are certified to ISO 9001, 14001, 17025 and 27001.