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S.S. White Technologies

St. Petersburg, FL, United States

Air SystemsDual-use
Founded 1844Component Supplier, Subsystem ManufacturerSupplies Air Forces, Homeland Security & Police, Defense Industry
Profile last updated: April 11, 2026

About

Founded in 1844, S.S. White Technologies is a defense component supplier based in St. Petersburg, United States working in air systems.

S.S. White Technologies designs and manufactures flexible shafts, shaft couplings and gearboxes for power and motion transmission. Founded in 1844, the company is headquartered in the United States and has operations in the UK and India. Its flexible shafts are supplied to aerospace applications, including thrust reverser actuation, flap and slat actuation, cargo door actuation, canopy actuation and an AC-130 magazine drive, as well as to law enforcement tire deflation devices. The company also serves automotive, medical and industrial markets. It holds AS9100 Rev. D, ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and IATF 16949 third-party certifications.

Location

St. Petersburg, United States

Founded

1844

Focus areas

flexible shaftsshaft couplingsgearboxesaerospacemotion controlpower transmission

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Air Systems

Supply-chain role

Component SupplierSubsystem Manufacturer

What they offer

HardwareComponentsEngineering Services

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

Ready-Flex Flexible Shafts with Casing

Flexible shaft

Standard flexible shafts with protective casing for power transmission in demanding environments, available in uni-directional and bi-directional versions.

Ready-Flex Flexible Shafts without Casing

Flexible shaft

Standard flexible shafts without casing for short-length, control-type rotary power transmission.

Gear Boxes

Gearbox

Right-angle, straight-thru, offset and dual-output gearboxes with aluminum alloy housings, including light and heavy duty ratio drives.

End users

Air ForcesHomeland Security & PoliceDefense Industry

Standards, platforms & customers

Defense standards

AS9100 Rev. D

Platforms & programmes

AC-130

Named customers

Heroux-Devtek

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

AS9100 Rev. D Third-Party Certified

ISO9001 Third-Party Certified

ISO13485 Third-Party Certified

IATF16949 Third-Party Certified

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