Acquired in 1992 from Textron Marine Systems, TPD manufactures, assembles, and repairs electronic assemblies and sub-assemblies. Its products meet the exacting requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Transportation (DOT), as well as commercial markets. Products include printed circuit modules, control keyboards, consoles, cable assemblies, and equipment enclosures.

The division makes instrument and power panels for Textron Marine and Land Systems six-wheeled Commando V-300 armored vehicles, and provides outfitting supplies and spare parts support for the U.S. Navys new class of high-speed, amphibious landing craft - the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicle. TPDs material procurement department purchases, receives, and inventories more than 1,600 individual vehicle parts for the LCAC. They label, consolidate, and package parts into Assault Craft Units and ship the units to Naval amphibious bases around the world. A crucial craft in the DOD program, the LCAC can transport up to 75 tons of equipment, personnel, and weapons systems from ships, across the surf and beach, to hard landing points beyond.

Metal/Composites Fabrication. The technicians at TPD provide fabrication and construction of various composite assemblies. They have extensive experience in aluminum bonded sandwich materials, including bonded honeycomb, bonded thermoplastics, and aluminum clad, structural cellular plastics. They are also experienced in bonding, utilizing vacuum tables and vacuum bag processes with epoxy and neoprene-based bonding adhesives.

TPDs fabrication shop cuts, bonds, shapes, and welds marine grade aluminum materials. The shop regularly produces the highest quality precision fabricated metal products, including panels, brackets, consoles, electronic/electrical enclosures, and associated hardware. The shop constructs fastening according to guidelines developed in the departmental process specifications, which includes thin-gauge aluminum welding to MIL-STD-248D. All welders are certified in TIG, MIG, and electrical arc welding processes. Quality Assurance Inspections and Production Procedures ensure stringent dimensional and weld quality performance, each operation, through laboratory testing, to the type of materials used in the welding process.

The fabrication shop applies marine grade coatings in a walk-in coating booth, providing the highest quality painted finishes. Other chemical coatings, such as alodine finishes, anodization, and flame spray can be provided through approved vendors.

Electronic Assembly. TPD manufactures electronic assemblies, including printed circuit boards, power distribution panels, switchboards, navigational/communication interface junction boxes, and cable assemblies, all built to stringent DOD, DOT, and commercial specifications. The majority of these assemblies are intended for marine use and other hostile environments. TPDs staff solders to MIL-STD-2000, high-reliability certifications, or equivalent, and performs circuit card work using "through-hole" technology, both single- and multi-layer boards.

The assembly room meets all Electrostatic Sensitive Device (ESD) protection requirements at all work stations, test benches, and receiving inspection stations.

The department uses state-of-the-art test equipment to perform functional testing, and designs and builds test fixtures as required to assist in testing. The staff prepares, terminates, and tests cable assembly, and has the resources available for Environmental Stress Screening (ESS). Top quality, reliability, and on-time delivery are the key strengths of this department. Our engineering services offer design, analysis, and testing.

Material Control System. The Automated Material Resource Planning System (AMRP), in use at TPD, consists of a database developed in pure Oracle on a UNIX platform. Current operating modules are Material Control, Configuration Management, Procurement, Financial, and Administrative. Each module interacts to provide efficient manufacturing support for an unlimited number of assemblies with "top-down" structuring and Bill-of-Materials capability. This system also tracks parts by job allocation and identifies warehouse location, electronically segregating material by job number and owner code.

Our procurement staff uses a vast database of approved vendors to supply materials and services for construction of items tracked by serial numbers or purchase order numbers. Vast amounts of 5000 Series aluminum have been ordered in extrusion and sheet form.

Warehousing, packaging, and shipping-and-receiving are currently major efforts in TPDs operation. Employees are certified and trained in MIL-SPEC packaging and shipping procedures, primarily packaging to MIL-STD-2073, level "A", with bar-coding capability.

Quality Assurance. TPD maintains a MIL-I-45208A Quality Assurance Program that emphasizes top quality management to capture statistical data and maintain certification documentation. We conduct inspections when material is received, when work is in progress, during testing, and at final acceptance, adherence to specifications, dimensional accuracy, and workmanship standards. The Quality Department possesses full management authority to reject or stop any manufacturing or purchasing process not in compliance with applicable document guidelines. TPD calibrates all of its measuring devices according to the National Bureau of Standards, and keeps records for devices used in each manufacturing process. We store all electronic measuring devices in an environmentally controlled room. The staff assures all products meet the high standards of PMC and the requirements of the customer. Each discrepancy is documented and historical data files maintained to continually improve processes and product quality.

TPD Contract Experience. TPD has been providing marine electronic assemblies and fabricated metal products for the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and various prime contractors since January 1992. The key staff members have a vast background in installation, check-out, and operation of the Landing Craft Air Cushion systems and sub-systems. The division brings many years of experience to the air cushion technology arena.

TPD employees and contingent hires expertly assemble and fabricate bonded sandwich panels and skillfully fasten these items for structural use onboard marine vessels.

TPD currently contracts with the U.S. Navy and other government prime contractors and commercial contractors to provide various metal fabricated and electronic assemblies.