OUR JOURNEY
Flight Works was founded in 2002 to meet a growing demand for miniature fuel pumps for the nascent microturbine market. Based in Irvine, CA Flight Works has been serving space and other aerospace, medical, chemical, energy and other industries with high-tech, miniature gear pumps and other fluidic components and is now expanding into systems to support the emerging space mobility and servicing economy.
Spaceflight Missions
10+
Space Refueling Research since 2011
10+
UAV platforms
10+
Years in business
24
Product Development and Advanced Testing Capabilities
Maximizing in-house design, manufacturing and test allows Flight Works to meet a wide variety of customer requirements in short timelines. Product adaptation, customization or development are key elements of the Flight Works model, offering solutions balancing performance with costs for a perfect fit for each application.
The company has state-of-the-art design, analysis, manufacturing and testing capabilities, and use this for product development, qualification and acceptance testing as require:
- Analysis: Advanced FEA for thermal and structural analyses and simulation software for analyzing fluid/mechanical systems and composite structures
- Design and manufacturing: e-CAD and CAD/CAM for mechanical and electronics
- Assembly: includes Laminar Flow Benches and Clean Room
- Environmental testing: vibration and thermal/thermal-vacuum testing
