Phoenix Defense
Design, manufacture, and support systems for aerospace and defense
Company facts
- Founded
- 1991
- Employees
- 428
- Headquarters
- United States
- CEO
- Al Funderburk
- Type
- Private
- Funding
- Private Equity · 2020
- Subsidiaries
- Phoenix Logistics, Riptide Software, PLI Manufacturing, Phoenix Defense Germany
About
Phoenix Defense is a diversified provider of engineering services and aerospace manufacturing to defense, government, and other mission-critical customers. The company operates as a group of companies working together under shared management and ownership, including Phoenix Logistics, Riptide Software, Phoenix Defense Ventures, Phoenix Defense Germany, and PLI Manufacturing. Together, they deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions to complex challenges in aerospace and defense markets worldwide. The company's engineering services division has earned a reputation as an advanced provider of simulation and training platforms for the military. Through Phoenix Logistics and Riptide Software, Phoenix Defense delivers IT support, medical simulation, logistical provisioning, live fire ranges, field services, and medical facility outfitting for defense customers. Their manufacturing facilities are AS9100 certified and design and build complex electronic cables, subassemblies, and tight-tolerance machine parts including MIL-STD-1553 data bus cables and sophisticated avionics subassemblies for aircraft, space satellites, and missile systems. With over one billion dollars in prime contract awards since 2017, Phoenix Defense has grown from delivering radio-frequency connectors for F-16s in 1991 to operating across 35 locations in the U.S. and overseas, employing hundreds of team members who support the military, government, and vital industries.