Defense & Aerospace:

Vanguard understands the high level of security that is required by defense Customers and for the safety of our country.  We take this responsibility seriously and are an International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) certified facility.

Vanguard provides a progressive environment in which to manufacture your defense and aerospace products.  Our Customers tell us our strengths lie in our Velocity group, Test department, our Quality System, and our experience with RF.

• Test
  • Functional Test group with 20 Test technicians
  • Flying Probe test-Takaya (2)
  • In-Circuit Test Program-Fixture Agilent 3070 (2)
  • Boundary scan for ICT for BGA's
  • Environmental Stress Screening (ESS)

    Thermal cycling

    Thermal shock

  • Infrared Short Analysis (ISIS)
  • Troubleshoot & Debug capabilities
  • Perform testing & failure analysis of PCBA down to component level

• Velocity
  • Drives time & cost out of New Product Introduction
  • Provides Design for Manufacturing, Design for Test & Design for Supply Chain

• RF
  • Logic analyzers
  • Spectrum analyzers
  • Table top RF shielding
  • Signal generators

• Inspection Capabilities
  • 3 Automated Optical Inspection machines (AOI)
  • X-Ray with Image Processing
  • ISIS infrared short locator system
  • ErsaScope: Fiber Optic Scope

Capabilities Datasheet