VON ARDENNE

VON ARDENNE

VON ARDENNE GmbH

Dresden, Germany

Air SystemsRadar & SensorsOptronics
Component SupplierSupplies Defense Industry
Profile last updated: August 17, 2026

About

VON ARDENNE is a defense component supplier based in Dresden, Germany working in air systems, radar & sensors, optronics.

VON ARDENNE is a German manufacturer of vacuum coating and deposition equipment, with core technologies in electron beam evaporation and melting, magnetron sputtering, and thermal evaporation. Its offering covers semiconductor, electronics, optics, photovoltaics, displays and battery applications, as well as aerospace and defense. Aerospace and defense work includes thermal barrier coatings for turbine blades and aircraft engines, fuel cell coatings for hydrogen propulsion, optical and protective coatings, aviation transparencies, thin-film sensors, and radar antenna metallization. The company offers custom engineering, manufacturing, commissioning, spare parts, training and lifecycle service, with sales and service locations in Germany, the United States, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, China and Taiwan.

Location

Dresden, Germany

Legal name

VON ARDENNE GmbH

Focus areas

vacuum coatingPVDmagnetron sputteringelectron beam evaporationthermal barrier coatingsaerospace coatingsfuel cellsthin film depositionoptical coatings

Languages

ENDE

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Air SystemsRadar & SensorsOptronics

Supply-chain role

Component Supplier

What they offer

HardwareEngineering ServicesMaintenance & Repair

Products

Turbine Blades Equipment for Thermal Barrier Coatings

Vacuum coating equipment

Coating equipment for thermal barrier coatings on turbine blades for aircraft engines.

Radar Antennas Vacuum Coating Equipment for Metallization

Vacuum coating equipment

Vacuum coating equipment for metallization of radar antennas.

Aviation Transparencies Optical Vacuum Coating Equipment

Vacuum coating equipment

Optical vacuum coating equipment for aviation transparencies.

Thin-Film Sensors for Aerospace Vacuum Coating Equipment

Vacuum coating equipment

Vacuum coating equipment and technologies for thin-film sensors used in aerospace.

Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Vacuum Coating Equipment

Vacuum coating equipment

Coating solutions for metallic bipolar plates in hydrogen fuel cells used in aircraft propulsion.

End users

Defense Industry

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