The Entwistle Company
Hudson, Massachusetts, United States
About
Founded in 1918, The Entwistle Company is a defense subsystem manufacturer based in Hudson, United States working in naval systems, missiles & munitions, weapons.
The Entwistle Company designs, manufactures and services components, assemblies and complete systems for the U.S. Navy and select foreign militaries, and has supplied the U.S. Department of Defense with ordnance programs since the World War II era. Founded in 1918 in Rhode Island by electrical engineer James L. Entwistle to make wire insulating machinery, the company moved operations to Hudson, Massachusetts in 1970. It operates two manufacturing plants: Hudson, MA, which handles administration and naval shipboard machinery, and Danville, VA, established in 1977, which produces ordnance and aerospace components. Its work covers aircraft launch and recovery equipment for carriers, underway replenishment equipment, life raft launching systems, fire fighting vehicles, torpedo wire coils and JDAM tail fairings. The company is a Silver Certification Supplier to the JDAM program.
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Defense domains
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What they offer
Products
P-25 Fire Fighting Vehicle
Crash and rescue vehicle
Quick-response fire fighting vehicle for carrier and helicopter assault ship flight decks, with on-board AFFF proportioning and hydrostatic drive train.
Jet Blast Deflectors (JBDs)
Aircraft carrier deck equipment
Panels with seawater-cooled modules that shield flight deck personnel and equipment from catapult jet blast, plus operating gear to raise and lower them.
Life Raft Launching System (LRLS)
Ship systems
Stored energy, hydraulically launched life raft stations installed on DDG-1000 destroyers.
Nose Gear Launch Equipment (NGL)
Aircraft launch equipment
Attachment system connecting aircraft to the catapult on steam and EMALS carriers.
Catapult Trough Covers
Aircraft carrier deck equipment
Machined weldments forming the flight deck over steam catapult systems.
Sliding Padeyes
Underway replenishment equipment
Padeyes used by Navy combat ships for connected underway replenishment of supplies and munitions.
Bitts and Chocks
Ship deck equipment
Mooring fittings retractable from the flight deck of DDG-51 and LCS ships.
Torpedo Wire Coils
Weapon components
Wire coils for wire-guided MK-37 and MK-48 torpedoes.
JDAM Tail Fairings
Weapon components
Tail fairings and tail fins for JDAM guided bomb family (MK82, MK83, MK84) built as a Boeing subcontractor.
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Defense standards
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Certifications
ISO 9001
AS9100
Silver Certification Supplier (JDAM Program)
