Our Capabilities
ELECTRONICS | ENGINEERING | MANUFACTURING | INTEGRATION | CABLING
The BNC PWSIK and B306 Combined Gun Control Box were used to integrate the M230 Cannon onto a civilian-variant Black Hawk in 2016. Read the report.
Aerospace & Defense Electronics
Butler National Corporation designs and manufactures special mission electronics including gun control equipment, gun simulators, custom test equipment, rapid integration weapon-control systems, aircraft fuel tank safety solutions, and ruggedized system / weapon / instrument cabling solutions. Butler National products are used by airlines, OEMs, contractors, and government agencies.
Butler National is ITAR compliant and AS9100D / ISO 9001:2015 registered.
Service & Capability Details
Butler National derived its skillsets from decades of design and manufacturing mission-critical avionics, defense electronics and aircraft modifications.
Engineering
Butler National offers electrical, mechanical, and software engineering services for aerospace and defense projects, with an emphasis on the development and manufacturing of mission electronics. Our engineering services include full-service design engineering as well as refinement of existing designs and build-to-print manufacturing support.
Manufacturing & Assembly
Butler National manufactures electronics and electro-mechanical products and offers build-to-print services for customers. We optimize existing designs to improve performance and enhance efficient manufacturing. We specialize in built-in environmental and electromagnetic survivability.
System Integration
Butler National provides systems integration solutions and products. We work with complex systems and standard communication formats including RS232, RS422, RS485 and CANBus. We have decades of experience designing and manufacturing controls that interface with various avionics and weapons systems.
Cabling & Wiring Harnesses
Butler National has over thirty years of experience in designing and manufacturing ruggedized cables for avionics, command/control, and weapons systems. BNC specializes in electromagnetic radiation shielding and molded/encapsulated construction for severe environments.
Testing & Qualifications
Butler National has its own in-house environmental test facility. We perform shock, vibration, environmental stress screening, and temperature shock testing for design, development, and MIL-STD-810 qualification. Our products are acceptance-tested to prove compliance with severe environments in our dedicated facility.
Areas of Expertise
Electrical Engineering
Butler National designs and integrates complex projects that include custom circuits, control logic, and electronics equipment. We integrate a variety of systems and standard communication formats.
Mechanical Engineering
Butler National designs custom parts, enclosures, and assemblies. Our designs are ruggedized and optimized for size, weight, durability and manufacturability according to customer needs.
Software Engineering
Butler National adapts its proprietary control logic software / firmware for its products. We leverage our existing work to complete future projects efficiently. Our software development process is MIL-STD-882 compliant.
Circuits & Logic
Butler National designs and assembles custom printed-circuit boards using state-of-the-art Pick-and-Place machines and reflow soldering. We also develop proprietary control logic for digital systems.
Enclosure Design
Butler National designs and manufactures ruggedized enclosures for electronics and electromechanical products. We frequently qualify our enclosure designs to MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-810.
Ruggedization
Butler National has over thirty years of experience in designing and manufacturing ruggedized electronics and cables for avionics, command/control systems, testing systems and weapons systems.
Manufacturing
Butler National Tempe manufactures, integrates and supports commercial Butler-designed control systems, ordnance related products and commercial aviation / avionics products.
Assembly
Circuit boards, cable assemblies, enclosures, and other sub-components are typically assembled on-site in the Tempe, Arizona facility.
Support Services
Butler is available to service damaged parts, produce additional products, or update/upgrade products. We also offer technical services and installation support.
Why Butler National?
Our unique skills and complex product manufacturing make Butler National a go-to provider of engineering and manufacturing services.
Customized Solutions
Butler National takes an all-inclusive approach to electronics projects, including custom printed circuit board design and assembly, MIL-STD-882 compliant software/firmware development, custom enclosures to satisfy form-factor and ruggedization requirements, and in-house cable manufacturing.
SWaP-C Optimization
Butler National electronics have been fielded in airplanes, helicopters and ground vehicles where size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) are material considerations.
MIL-STD Qualification
Butler National qualifies specific products and components to military standards for electro-magnetic interference, vibration, temperature, and more. We also qualify to TSO and other environmental specifications.
Long Term Service & Support
Butler National services include prototype design and fabrication, service, overhaul, supplemental production and product updates/upgrades. We also offer technical services and installation support.
BNC: Supporting the missions that matter most.
From controlling the guns on the latest military vehicles to protecting the fuel tanks of commercial aircraft, Butler National Corporation products serve mission-critical roles in sectors where failure is not an option.