Space Flight

Elcon is an industry-leading supplier of precision components for space flight applications, employing comprehensive expertise in engineering, material science, manufacturing, and assembly services for mission-critical projects. Through our systematic approach, process control, and careful engineering, we produce parts built to succeed in space – one of the most extreme environments. We are the only supplier in the world qualified to assemble commercial ion engines for deep space missions and work with exotic materials to exact dimensional tolerances. In addition to our expertise with ceramic metallization and metallic brazing, Elcon forms refractory material components and specializes in photochemically etching grids for use in TWTs/radar and space propulsion systems, such as the NEXT-C ion engine for the Double Asteroid Redirection Test Mission (DART) – the first ever planetary defense project to test technologies intended to save our planet by preventing catastrophic asteroid impacts. Our expertise helps avoid production flaws that can keep projects grounded or cause significant issues once in orbit.