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Swift Engineering( Swift) began as Swift Race Cars in 1983. It was in 1991 that the business rebranded to Swift Engineering, and by the early 2000s, the business had expanded to support the design and fabrication of composite and metallic structures found within autonomous systems, helicopters, submarines, spacecraft, ground vehicles, and robotics.
Mike Chan, General Manager, shares some highlights and a more detailed overview of the company:“ With its early history focused on motorsports, the 1990s saw Swift construct the largest rolling wind tunnel in North America, build an Indy car chassis that won its debut race, as well as hold the exclusive contract to build the chassis for the Formula Atlantic series for 11 years.
“ The company’ s subsequent achievements as it expanded beyond motorsport include designing and building a single-engine business jet that had its first flight within 200 days, the development of a mobile launch and retrieval system purchased by Northrop Grumman, designing and developing the Swift vertical take-off and landing( VTOL) unmanned aircraft systems( UAS) with patented X-Blade technology, as well as designing and manufacturing an Affordable Atmospheric Satellite with NASA.
“ Since 2021, Swift has been a strategic partner on various X-Plane programs, contributed to the development of a personal ultralight electric vertical take-off and landing( EVTOL) air vehicle, supported the design and analysis of key structural components on street mapping vehicles, and supported the development of fire-safe components for maritime vessels.
“ Swift’ s core strength lies in rapid composite fabrication techniques, including out-of-autoclave( OOA) processing, co-cured
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