AdamWorks, LLC (AdamWorks), is an American engineering and manufacturing organization specializing in designing, tooling and manufacturing of
composite structures
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and mechanical systems.
History
The company was founded in 2007 to pursue composites engineering/manufacturing projects in government, defense, space, commercial, and
alternative energy
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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
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controlle ...
structures, with a portfolio of products flying on over 17 different
military
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and
civilian aircraft
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.
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
* Tooling Design, Fabrication, Parts Design and Fabrication for Primary Structure for a suborbital spacecraft funded under NASA's
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) was a NASA program to coordinate the development of vehicles for the delivery of crew and cargo to the International Space Station by private companies. The program was announced on January 18, 200 ...
(COTS) and
Commercial Crew Development
Development of the Commercial Crew Program began in the second round of the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program, which was rescoped from a technology development program for human spaceflight to a competitive development program that wou ...
(CCDev) Initiative
* Design, tooling, and manufacture of a Multi-Sensor Fairing Assembly housing a multi-spectral sensor integrated onto a Boeing 700-series test bed aircraft
* Radomes, Composite Pallets, Operator Workstations, and Airborne Server rack integration supporting conversion of a cargo aircraft into an ISR platform
* Fabrication of sub-orbital space vehicle pressure vessel for the
Space Tourism
Space tourism is human space travel for recreational purposes. There are several different types of space tourism, including orbital, suborbital and lunar space tourism.
During the period from 2001 to 2009, seven space tourists made eight s ...
Industry
*
DARPA
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.
Originally known as the Ad ...
-funded man-portable wind-generator power project
* 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
Milestones
* AdamWorks receives its
ISO 9001:2008 certification in 2011.
* Facility Expansion (2011)
* Delivery of Dream Chaser flight test vehicle (12/11/2011)
* AdamWorks is a Finalist for Colorado Companies To Watch (April, 2013)
References
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External links
AdamWorks, LLC official website
Engineering companies of the United States
Aerospace companies of the United States
Companies based in Centennial, Colorado
Technology companies established in 2007
2007 establishments in Colorado