Production and Engineering

Armor should be made right.

We’re fully equipped to process a large variety of complex materials and engineering designs. We scale those solutions to high volume, automated production—so products are made right the first time. Our production capacity exceeds millions of square feet annually. 

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Production capabilities

We develop and manufacture spall liners, proprietary armor, and protective solutions for a variety of military, law enforcement, infrastructure, aerospace, and civilian applications, including but not limited to:

 

  • High performance base armor for tactical and wheeled vehicles (A-Kits and B-Kits)
  • Add-on EFP kits
  • E-glass armor for buildings and structures
  • Multi-threat armor to protect domestic critical transportation infrastructure (bridges, tunnels, and utilities)
  • Fire protection solutions
  • Production of armor kits for air, land, and sea vehicles
  • Production of composite armors of various materials, including Dyneema®, SpectraShield, other UHMWPE’s, aramids, and various hybrids designed for specific end-uses
  • Hot forming of complex metallic parts via the HWSSQTM process 
  • Hard and soft body armor

 

Just by being environmentally conscious...we actually find that we can be much more efficient.

George Tunis, CEO and Founder of Hardwire

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State-of-the-Art Equipment

If it can be built, we have the equipment to build it.
Our broad range of equipment gives us extensive capabilities and is always growing.

 

  • Automated vacuum laminating presses, stamping presses, hot and cold presses
  • Vacuum formers, ovens, autoclaves
  • Laser cutters, fabric cutters, cutting saws
  • 3D printers, roll to roll printers
  • Laser scanners, FARO arms
  • Machining centers and mills, CNC routers, CNC press brakes
  • MIG, TIG, and Laser Welders
  • Paint booth
  • Environmental chambers, gun tunnels

 

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IF WE DON’T HAVE WHAT WE NEED, WE MAKE IT.

Our Fabrication & Machining Centers enable new equipment tooling and molds to support expedient production contracts and rapid prototyping for scaled or full-sized parts. Hardwire manufactures its own equipment and tooling when needed, reducing the time from design to production parts.

IF WE DON’T HAVE WHAT WE NEED, WE MAKE IT.

DOCUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM.

For your convenience, we record and store pertinent information regarding how all materials are received, processed, and delivered. Each item produced is assigned a unique serial number, recorded, and documented within our secure network.

DOCUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM.

Production Management.

Because we make and ship hundreds of thousands of armor parts each year, we have created a robust and proven database and traveler information system to ensure organization and quality on the production floor.

We supply armor solutions for U.S. Special Operations Forces.

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The World’s Lightest Armor.

Hardwire soft armor is engineered to provide premium strength and bullet-stopping performance without weighing you down.

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