By providing technologies that help put people and satellites in space, and protecting the armed service around the world as they protect our freedoms at home, Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) continuously seeks to improve the lives of people.
EBAD’s satellite HDRM’s have the broadest use in the US and European space market, having been used on over 500 platforms to date. EBAD has designed, qualified and delivered more HRDMs for spaceflight applications than anyone else in the world.
For almost 60 years, EBAD has supplied initiation, separation, and flight destruct hardware for commercial and government launches.
The need for precise explosive solutions is essential to the success of every mission. That is why since 1836, EBAD has been the technology innovator and industry leader in Military Demolition, Breaching and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) products.
EBAD is the industry leader for highly reliable precision ordnance solutions. For nearly 60 years, our products have directly contributed to thousands of successful missions on Strategic Missile, Missile Defense, and Tactical Missile platforms.
We are constantly investing in our future at Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense. It is our safety-first commitment that allows us to protect our people, facilities, and customers. Whatever your next mission is, EBAD is here to deliver top-of-the-line solutions and innovations. EBAD – Right for Your Mission™.
Simsbury, CT., August 13, 2024 – Industry partners from NASA’s historic Artemis I mission, including companies to which Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense (EBAD) is a supplier – Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and NASA officials visited EBAD in Simsbury, CT to celebrate and appreciate the employees who contributed to this mission.
Completed in December, Artemis I was the first in a series of challenging missions to build a long-term presence on the Moon. Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman, the first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the lunar surface, explore more of the Moon than ever before, and prepare for human missions to Mars. A variety of EBADs products played a major role in the stage separation of the Orion spacecraft as well as for key components of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s core stage and solid rocket boosters. EBAD’s attention to detail, quality, and intricate testing capabilities were crucial for the application and the success of the separation events.
Learn more about EBAD’s capabilities by visiting: https://www.ebad.com/capabilities/.
The on-site thank you celebration for EBAD employees included brief remarks from NASA speakers about the historic Artemis I mission and a commemorative pin containing Orion and SLS metal shavings flown on that mission presented to the EBAD employees. The event concluded with a tour though EBAD’s campus.
There are over 44 suppliers across the state of Connecticut supporting NASA’s Artemis program, including its foundational elements: the Space Launch System (SLS), the heavy-lift, deep space rocket; Orion, the safest human spacecraft ever developed for deep space travel; and the Exploration Ground Systems. Each supplier played an important role in Artemis I and are building the systems that will carry the first astronaut crew around the Moon in more than 50 years.
Learn more at: https://www.nasa.gov/artemis.
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