Capabilities

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CAPABILITIES

Conax supplies Life Support and Aerospace products to the U.S. Military and Corporate Military suppliers. The following identifies our capabilities:

PROJECT ENGINEERING (PE)

Engineering specialties include: Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Human Factors, Physics and Math majors. PE is responsible for all design and reliability and technical requirements. PE also:

PERFORM DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE TESTING

PERFORM MANUFACTURING SURVEILLANCE TO ENSURE THAT REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.

DEVELOP ENGINEERING CHANGE PROPOSALS.

DEVELOP TEST AND PROCESS SPECIFICATIONS

INSTITUTE PROCEDURES WITH MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING.

REVIEW/APPROVE TESTING PERFORMED BY QUALITY TECHNICIANS.

PE support equipment includes:

COMPREHENSIVE TECHNICAL LIBRARY.

COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION HANDLING

NETWORKED PERSONAL COMPUTERS FOR ENGINEERING USE.

SOFTWARE FOR: FINITE ELEMENT STRESS ANALYSIS, MECHANICAL MODELING, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN CALCULATIONS AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS.

HIGH-POWERED MICROSCOPE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT.

MODEL-SHOP - PRECISION MACHINING FACILITY.

3-DIMENSIONAL HEWLETT PACKARD COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING/DESIGN STATIONS.

ON-LINE GIDEP DATA BASE INQUIRY CAPABILITY.

COMPUTERIZED DOCUMENTATION CENTER

AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION CONTROL

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) ENGINEERING

Our R&D staff includes Electrical, Mechanical, and Aerospace Engineers as well as the resources in Project Engineering. We have extensive in-house equipment to support R&D programs. We have ongoing R&D in:

WATER SENSING AND WATER ACTIVATED DEVICES.

EXPLOSIVE ACTUATED DEVICES.

MICRO ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY.

PRECISION NORMALLY OPEN AND NORMALLY CLOSED DEVICES.

R&D has: state of the art equipment, instrumentation software and hardware used in development, research, and analysis, and a prototype model shop.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

CONAX is an approved AS 9100:2004 and ISO 9001:2000 facility and our Quality Assurance department is responsible for ensuring that products are built in accordance with all contractual requirements. In addition they:

SELECT, APPROVE AND EVALUATE VENDORS.

MONITORS VENDORS PERFORMANCE.

HAVE A STATE OF THE ART EQUIPPED METROLOGY LAB.

TEST EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISO/ANSI STANDARDS.

PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS SCREENING OF ELECTRIC COMPONENTS AND COMPLETED CIRCUIT BOARDS.

PERFORM DESIGN ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING IN SIMULATED FIELD CONDITIONS.

HAVE A STATE OF THE ART ENVIRONMENTAL TEST LAB AND GAS PURITY LAB

TESTING

INCOMING INSPECTION

ENVIRONEMENTAL TESTING AND STRESS SCREENING

IN-PROCESS INSPECTION/TESTING

FINAL INSPECTION TEST

MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING (ME)

ME reviews work orders, Engineering drawings. Develops instructions on product building (Travelers). They also:

ASSIST IN DEVELOPMENT AND BUILD OF R&D PROTOTYPES. CO-SIGN PRODUCTION DRAWINGS PRIOR TO RELEASE.

DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN NEW DESIGN. CO-SIGNS ALL SKETCH CONCEPT (SK) DRAWINGS.

FACILITIES PLANNING AND LAYOUT, NEW EQUIPMENT INSTALLATIONS, AND PROGRAM MAINTENANCE.

DETERMINE, DEFINE AND MANUFACTURE TOOLS AND FIXTURES NECESSARY FOR PROJECT ASSEMBLY AND INSPECTION.

PRODUCTION CONTROL

Production Control develops and implements control procedures for all incoming, outgoing, and stored materials. They ensure all packaging requirements are met. They are responsible for:

PACKAGING AND RETURNING DISCREPANT MATERIALS TO VENDORS.

REQUISITIONS MATERIAL FROM STORES FOR MANUFACTURING.

DETERMINES MANLOADING REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE THAT DELIVERY SCHEDULES ARE SATISFIED.

INVENTORY CONTROL

PURCHASING

Purchasing maintains a continuous supply of quality goods and services necessary to support research, development, production and sales schedules the lowest possible cost, consistent with quality requirements.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Program Management is responsible for contractual issues and the management of programs. The Program Manager is the point-of-contact between CONAX and its customers. Program Management is responsible for assembling and disseminating reports and data, and managing assigned programs.

SUPPORT SPECIALTIES

Our overall capability as a company is dependent on the following support departments:

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT - IDENTIFICATION AND SUPPORT NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY NEW PROGRAMS AND REQUIREMENTS.

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (MIS) - OPERATION OF OUR INTEGRATED ON-LINE COMPUTER OPERATIONS.

ACCOUNTING - COST CONTROL AND FINANCIAL REPORTING.

COST ESTIMATING - PREPARATION OF PRICING INFORMATION FOR EXISTING AND NEW PROGRAMS/CONTRACTS.