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Aviation
Space
Defence
Our aerospace manufacturing services
Circuitwise offers the most advanced manufacturing services for electronic assemblies certified to the AS 9100D standard for electronic devices in the aviation, space and defence sectors.
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Product development, in collaboration with other similarly certified service providers
Aerospace case studies
Space-enabled
air traffic management
Skycraft is a provider of space-enabled air traffic management services that deliver air traffic surveillance and communications, enhancing the safety of the aviation industry.
The company's satellites fill the gaps over remote and oceanic regions that the terrestrial systems cannot reach. The company launched its first satellite in January 2023 and expects to have 200+ in operation across 7 orbital planes providing global coverage. System demonstration will commence in 2025, with the full global service rolling out in 2027.
The system is capable of working with ADS-B and UAT signals to validate aircraft positions and relay VHF voice and data communications. Multiple pathways between satellites and ground stations provide very high system resilience.
Circuitwise manufactured Printed Circuit Assemblies at the quality needed to withstand the rigours of space. Electronics must be robust enough to maintain integrity under intense vibration and G-forces during launch, extreme temperature ranges and operation in a vacuum.
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Delivering lifesaving medicines by drone
Swoop Aero's innovative logistics platform is transforming healthcare in remote regions of countries like the Congo, Vanuatu, Norway and Australia, dramatically improving lives by delivering essential medical supplies via drone. The company has delivered around two million items including blood samples to fight epidemics, emergency oxycontin and vaccines to prevent crippling diseases like malaria.
At the heart of this platform is the "Kite," a sophisticated yet robust 30-kilogram autonomous aircraft with around 4000 individual parts making up 16 modules. Interchangeable payloads up to 4.7 kg enable transition from a logistics function to multiple mission profiles including disaster/area mapping, coastal patrols, wildlife monitoring, and search & rescue. It has a range of 175km and a cloud architecture allowing multiple drones to be operated simultaneously.
The electronics in the Kite, meticulously manufactured by Circuitwise, are crucial. The aircraft contains over 130 circuit boards, each responsible for various critical functions, from flight control to data transmission. The system has electronic conspicuity, where each component communicates with each other, offering high levels of redundancy and reliability.
Like all other aircraft, quality control is crucial. Swoop Aero CEO Eric Peck said “We keep all our circuit board manufacturing with Circuitwise because the quality is so high that even though non-critical components could be made elsewhere, we don't because we're so happy with the level of reliability we get out of the circuit boards they manufacture.”
Our AS 9100D certification
Circuitwise Electronic Manufacturing is certified to the AS 9100D quality management systems standard to supply electronic assemblies for Aviation, Space, and Defence.
Circuitwise maintains all systems required to meet the standard including:
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Documentation: Our controlled document management system ensures that all records are captured from initial customer requirements to test reports on the final product.
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Management responsibility: The owners of Circuitwise cultivate a quality-focused culture and all supporting systems in its approach to business.
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Production and service provision: All of the business processes required to manufacture an electronic assembly are defined and controlled.
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Monitoring and measurement: Our testing and inspection system minimises defects, handles any non-conformities and ensures all equipment is maintained according to the standard.
The above systems also support Circuitwise's core ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 (medical device) quality management systems. Systems have been put in place to address several additional terms set out in AS 9100D including:
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Protections against counterfeit parts.
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Special attention to critical items relating to areas such as safety, mission and fractures.
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Key characteristics that need tight control over variations.
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Addressing special customer requirements that have high associated risks requiring operational risk management.
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Managing human factors for safety.
For more information, view our quality systems page.
Our rigorous traceability processes
One of the biggest assurances of high-reliability device manufacturing is to keep track of every single activity undertaken to bring a device together and keeping records of every single measurement or test undertaken along the way.
Circuitwise takes away this burden for you with our powerful Cluso inventory management system, which tracks every single component coming from suppliers through to finals quality checks as we ship your assembled product to you. We send you all the information you need to complete your Device History File ready for quality audits.
For more information view our Component Traceability for Electronic Devices page.