Kearfott
Kearfott Corporation
Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States
About
Founded in 1918, Kearfott is a defense subsystem manufacturer based in Black Mountain, United States working in air systems, land systems & vehicles, naval systems +5 more.
Kearfott is a US developer and manufacturer of guidance, navigation, and motion control components and systems for military and commercial applications. Founded in 1918, the company produces inertial navigation systems, inertial measurement units, gyroscopes, electro-mechanical actuators, motors and position sensors for missile, aircraft, space, marine and ground vehicle programmes. Its line-of-sight and fire control systems serve main battle tanks and chain gun applications. Kearfott operates facilities in New Jersey, North Carolina and Matamoros, Mexico, and provides in-house qualification testing, logistics, maintenance, overhaul and repair. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Astronautics Corporation of America, headquartered in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and has been owned by it since 1988.
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ATACS (Automated Tactical Artillery Control System)
Fire control system
Modular fire control solution for precise pointing and navigation of artillery weapons.
MILNAV (Miniature Integrated Land Navigation)
Land navigation system
Computes navigation and attitude data for land vehicles and delivers it to a control display unit.
Main Battle Tank Line-of-Sight stabilization system
Gun stabilization system
Stabilizes main battle tank cannon sights for on-the-move firing using inertial sensors and CONEX gyro technology.
Modular Chain Gun LOS
Line-of-sight system
Stabilized line-of-sight sight for rapid-fire chain gun applications.
Tail actuation system
Missile actuation
Electro-mechanical actuators, motors and sensors for missile fin control and thrust vectoring.
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ISO 9001:2015
