Terran Orbital (NYSE:LLAP) has announced the official opening of two new advanced Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) lines at its Irvine, California facility.
As well as the two new state-of-the-art PCBA Surface Mount Technology (SMT) lines, the company said in a statement that it has also added capabilities for post-SMT processes, fully automated inspection, 3D X-ray testing, Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), and flying probe technologies that give it the complete ability to produce, inspect, and test a broad spectrum of PCBAs in its facility.
Producing and controlling the output, quality, and availability of its CBA products will decrease supply chain issues and increase parts availability and yield, the company said.
This will enable it to produce module and bus products for satellites more timely and cost-efficiently, also allowing it to continue to produce at shorter and more controlled delivery rates to customers. By owning its own facility, Terran Orbital (NYSE:LLAP) said it can produce higher quality boards faster, furthering its goal of responsive space.
“I’m a big believer that if you control your supply chain, you control your destiny,” Terran Orbital (NYSE:LLAP) co-founder and CEO Marc Bell commented.
“Our two new PCBA lines bring us one step closer to our goal of being 100% vertically integrated.”
Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries. The company provides end-to-end satellite solutions by combining satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations, and on-orbit support to meet the needs of the most demanding military, civil, and commercial customers.
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