SDC Certified for FAA Testing
San Diego, CA, April 15, 2013 - San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) is performing certification testing on composite fittings for the aerospace industry.
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SDC Develops Lightweight Shielded Cables
San Diego, CA, April 2, 2013 – San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) developed shielded cables that are 33% lighter than conventional double shielded copper cables with comparable cost.
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SDC Achieves Record High Sales
San Diego, CA, March 4, 2013 - San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) reported a record high $8.46M in sales for 2012, which is a 30% increase from the previous year, at their Annual Meeting held in Carlsbad, CA, on March 1, 2013.
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SDC Awarded Patent
San Diego, CA, February 27, 2013 - San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) was awarded a patent for their self-adjusting wedge bumper. Inventors Rob Kolozs and Josh Moore developed the self-adjusting bumper for eliminating rattle space between objects and their containers
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SDC Employment Growth Reaches All Time High
San Diego, CA, January 4, 2013 - San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) has grown to 42 employees, which is a 33% increase since this time last year.
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SDC Adds Nachi 6-Axis Robot Capability
San Diego, CA, August 1, 2012 - San Diego Composites recently acquired a Nachi SH200 6-axis robot.
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SDC Delivers Hardware to LMSSC for Orion Flight Test
San Diego, CA, August 17, 2012 - San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) delivered two more ship sets to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) program.
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SDC Receives 2011 CAPE Challenge Award
San Diego, CA, May 17, 2012 - SDC was selected for the 2011 California Awards for Performance Excellence (CAPE) Challenge Award.
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SDC Hires Director of Automation
San Diego, CA, May 2, 2012 - San Diego Composites is pleased to announce that Greg Rodesch has joined the company as Director of Automation.
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SDC Receives 2012 Tibbetts Award
San Diego, CA, April 27, 2012 - SDC was selected for the 2012 Tibbetts Award.
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SDC Composite Aircraft Hardware Successfully Tested by UC San Diego
San Diego, CA, March 6, 2012 - SDC hardware was successfully tested at UCSD in a project funded by the FAA for their research on wide area blunt impact of composite aircraft
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SDC Receives AS9100 Certification
San Diego, CA, February 16, 2012 - SDC is now AS9100 certified. AS9100 is a widely adopted and standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry.
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SDC is Developing Joining Technology for Thermoplastic Missile Components in a Phase I SBIR
San Diego, CA, March 6, 2012 - San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) has designed a fusion bonding machine for thermoplastic cylinders for its Army Phase I SBIR program: Fusion Bonding of Thermoplastic Missile Structures.
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SDC Hires New Manufacturing Manager
San Diego, CA, February 20, 2012 - San Diego Composites is pleased to announce that John Marks has joined the company as Manufacturing Manager and will be responsible for leading development of new products with state-of-the-art materials and manufacturing processes.
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SDC Attracts Entrepreneurs Using Stock Ownership Program
San Diego, CA, February 16, 2012 - In 2007, the SDC management implemented a change to the company structure from a LLC to employee ownership. SDC's management believes we can grow the company faster and create an atmosphere of greater company loyalty with employee ownership. All employees are eligible for employee ownership.
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SDC Fabricating Stiffened Fuselage Test Panels for Research on Blunt Impact
of Commercial Aircraft
Updated San Diego, CA, December 5, 2011 - San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) is nearing delivery of two additional stiffened fuselage test panels for Sandia National Labs and the FAA for their research on wide area blunt impact of composite aircraft. Blunt impact resulting from collisions of ground vehicles and equipment as well as from hail and bird strikes, is a significant source of damage to commercial aircraft with the potential to go by undetected.
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Carbon Fiber Stormtroopers Invade SDC
San Diego, CA, November 30, 2011 - Four engineers at San Diego Composites fulfilled a childhood dream and became internet sensations along the way. Jon Blackler, Kevin Proum, Len Carson, and Daniel Avina wanted to be Star Wars Stormtroopers but not just any 1970s Stormtrooper - they wanted to be next generation "Carbon Fiber Stormtroopers".
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SDC Sends Care Packages to Troops Overseas in Honor of Veteran's Day
San Diego, CA, November 18, 2011 – In honor of Veteran's Day, the Mission Bay Women's Club along with San Diego Composites, compiled and sent care packages to U.S. Troops in Afghanistan and Bahrain.
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SDC to Fabricate Stiffened Fuselage Test Panels for Sandia National Labs' FAA and EASA Effort
San Diego, CA, August 30, 2011 ‚ San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) has been awarded a contract by Sandia National Labs to support fabrication of stiffened fuselage test panels. SDC has been supporting UC San Diego, Bishop, and now Sandia in multi-year efforts funded by the FAA and EASA to conduct research on wide area blunt impact of composite aircraft
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SDC Completes Patent Applications for "Liquid Metal Micro-Heat Pipe System"
San Diego, CA, August 23, 2011 ‚ San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) is in the final steps to complete a patent for its Liquid Metal Micro-Heat Pipe (LMMHP) technology. SDC was funded by the Missile Defense Agency through the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program to develop this technology to address a specific excessive heat problem associated with high power electronics for radar applications.
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SDC Delivers Composite Hardware to Lockheed Martin for Orion Program
San Diego, CA, March 1, 2011, San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) has delivered their first composite Launch Abort System Fillet ship set to Lockheed Martin for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program. The Orion CEV is meant to replace the retiring Space Shuttle and will safely transfer astronauts to and from the International Space Station, the Moon, Mars and other destinations beyond low earth orbit.
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