5 Defense Tech #MadeinSD that Protect U.S. Allies

SAN DIEGO, CA, USA - Fifteen years after September 11, 2001, we stand united as a country – remembering the travesty, but holding high the men and women who defend our country and freedoms every day.

As part of the blog series leading up to San Diego MFG Day, we’re featuring 5 defense technologies #MadeinSD used to protect our country, and U.S. allies across the world.

1. Headquartered in San Diego, Cubic Global Defense (CGD) is a leading provider of virtual, constructive and game-based training solutions, special operations, mission support and intelligence for the U.S. and allied forces in more than 35 nations. CGD’s primary focus is to raise human performance by providing an integrated, effective learning assessment experience that drives combat readiness. 
2. GKN Aerospace, a UK-based manufacturer with large operations in El Cajon, develops high-performance components and assemblies for aerostructures, engine products, landing gear, wiring systems and more. The company provides advanced transparent coatings and vertically integrated supply of aerospace grade acrylic material, and offers a full range of capability for design, analysis, testing and certification of military canopies, cockpit windows and passenger windows. 
3. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a premier technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence and enterprise information technology markets. With operations in San Diego, the company designs, develops and sustains offerings that empower diplomatic missions, support warfighter requirements and advance exploration from the ocean floor to outer space. Specifically, SAIC develops the Tsunami Buoy, a surface satellite communications buoy with deep-water data measurement sensors and mooring subsystem capable of detecting encroaching tsunamis and more. 
4. Located in the San Diego bay, General Dynamics NASSCO is the largest full service shipyard on the West Coast. The company specializes in the design and construction of auxiliary and support ships for the U.S. Navy, and oil tankers and dry cargo carriers for commercial markets. NASSCO is currently building the USNS Hershel “Woody” Williams – the Navy’s second Expeditionary Sea Base – named for the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor from the Battle of Iwo Jima. The 784-foot-long ship will serve as a flexible platform to support a variety of missions, including air mine countermeasures, counter-piracy operations, maritime security and humanitarian missions.
5. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions. Located in Poway, GA-ASI is highly regarded for its development of the Predator aircraft: a long line of RPA systems, beginning with the highly successful "RQ-1" Predator aircraft first flown by the U.S. Air Force in 1995. Predator since has been named by Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine as one of the top ten aircraft that changed the world. The line of aircraft has been acquired by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, NASA, the Royal Air Force, the Italian Air Force, the French Air Force, the Spanish Air Force and others. 

MFG Day – and the manufacturing companies it spotlights – serves as a testament to San Diego’s impact around the world. Companies here develop products and services that change, save and better the lives of millions of people every day. Join us October 7 to celebrate.

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