AdamWorks

ADAMWORKS, LLC

Type	Privatized Corporation
Industry	Aerospace
Genre	Engineering/Manufacturing
Founded	9/25/2007
Founder	George F. Adam Jr., Kim Madigan
Headquarters	Centennial, Colorado, USA
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Kim Madigan, CEO Scot Allen, President
Products	Design Engineering Engineering of Composite Structures Metal and Composite Tooling Composite and Metal Part Manufacturing Radomes Pod Systems Aircraft structures Spacecraft structures
Website	www.adamworksinc.com

AdamWorks, LLC (AdamWorks), is an American engineering and manufacturing organization specializing in designing, tooling and manufacturing of composite structures and mechanical systems.^[1]

History

The company was founded in 2007 to pursue composites engineering/manufacturing projects in government, defense, space, commercial, and alternative energy markets.

Since its inception, AdamWorks has designed and built a variety of spacecraft pressure vessels, aerospace and aircraft structures, radomes, pods and pod systems, unmanned aerial vehicle structures, with a portfolio of products flying on over 17 different military and civilian aircraft.

Services

• Engineering
• Tooling
• Design and Manufacture
• Build to print structures
• Reverse engineering
• Rapid prototyping
• Static Testing
• Production engineering
• Production manufacturing

Projects

• UAV Sensor Pod Design and Fabrication to support Wide Area Airborne Sensor (WAAS) Integration, including full Environmental Control System (ECS) integration^[2]

• Tooling Design, Fabrication, Parts Design and Fabrication for Primary Structure for a suborbital spacecraft funded under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) and Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) Initiative ^[3]

• Design, tooling, and manufacture of a Multi-Sensor Fairing Assembly housing a multi-spectral sensor integrated onto a Boeing 700-series test bed aircraft^[4]

• Radomes, Composite Pallets, Operator Workstations, and Airborne Server rack integration supporting conversion of a cargo aircraft into an ISR platform^[5][6]

• Fabrication of sub-orbital space vehicle pressure vessel for the Space Tourism Industry^[7][8]

• DARPA-funded man-portable wind-generator power project^[9]

• Structural engineering services for composite compound coaxial Joint Multi-Role demonstrator helicopter designed by prime contractor (AVX Aircraft Company) for the US Army's Future Vertical Lift initiative^[10]

Milestones

• AdamWorks receives its ISO 9001:2008 certification in 2011.^[11]

• Facility Expansion (2011)^[12]

• Delivery of Dream Chaser flight test vehicle (12/11/2011)^[13]

• AdamWorks is a Finalist for Colorado Companies To Watch (April, 2013)^[14]

References

1. "(AdamWorks:) Composite Structures Engineering". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
2. "SNC-led Gorgon Stare team wins US GEOINT Foundation’s 2011 Industry Award". (October 18, 2011)
3. "Bennet Congratulates Sierra Nevada Corporation on NASA Contract;". Retrieved 4 November 2013. (Senator Michael F Bennet, CO, website)
4. "Joint STARS Mission". Retrieved 7 November 2013. (About.com)
5. "AdamWorks picked by Lockheed Martin for special missions craft". Retrieved 7 November 2013. (October 18, 2010)
6. "Lockheed Martin Delivers Ground Support Stations To Finnish Air Force". Retrieved 4 November 2013. (July 9, 2012)
7. "XCOR Announces AdamWorks as Lynx Mark I Cockpit Manufacturer". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
8. "The Lynx's Leap". Air & Space magazine, November 2013
9. "Portable wind turbine powers the warrior". CompositesWorld.com, March 11, 2011.
10. "AdamWorks Selected by AVX Aircraft Company for Joint Multi-Role (JMR) Phase I Technology Demonstrator Engineering". PRNewswire.com, October 21, 2013.
11. "AdamWorks is Now an ISO 9001:2008 Certified Company". PRNewswire.com, July 27, 2011.
12. "CO: AdamWorks Announces Major Facility Expansion". (August 18, 2011)
13. "Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems Delivers the Dream Chaser First Flight Test Vehicle Structure, Completing a Major Milestone for NASA's Commercial Crew Program". (February 2, 2012)
14. "AdamWorks is a Finalist for Colorado Companies To Watch". Retrieved 24 October 2013.

External links

• AdamWorks, LLC official website