Combining the resources of the world's
leading parachute companies
Airborne Systems, headquartered in Pennsauken, New Jersey designs and manufactures high quality parachute products and provides world class engineering services. Airborne Systems brings to the market and its customers a history and legacy that embraces four of the world’s leading parachute companies, combining the resources of GQ Parachutes, Irvin Aerospace, Para-Flite, and Aircraft Materials (AML). Today, Airborne Systems is comprised of these brands. No other company has the combined resources of Airborne Systems and, for almost a century, compiled a proven track record of precedent setting milestones that demonstrate scope of capability, quality of product and successful performance.
Airborne Systems is a global company, supporting customers around the world. Airborne Systems North American Headquarters is located in Pennsauken, New Jersey. Three manufacturing facilities in North America are located in Pennsauken, New Jersey, Santa Ana, CA and Bellville, Ontario, Canada. Airborne Systems European Headquarters and manufacturing facilities are located in Llangeinor, South Wales, UK.
Operating site locations within the Airborne Systems organization are:
Airborne Systems North America Headquarters
5800 Magnolia Avenue, Pennsauken, NJ 08109-1399, USA
Tel: 856 663 1275, Fax: 856 663 3028
www.airborne-sys.com
Operations Center - East Coast
5800 Magnolia Avenue, Pennsauken, NJ 08109-1399, USA
Tel: 856 663 1275, Fax: 856 663 8159
www.airborne-sys.com
Operations Centers - West Coast
3701 West Warner Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92704, USA
Tel: 714 662 1400, Fax: 714 662 1586
3000 West Segerstrom Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92704, USA
Tel: 714 868 3700,F Fax: 714 668 0446
www.airborne-sys.com
Airborne Systems Canada
35 Wilson Avenue, Belleville, Ontario, Canada, K8P 1R7
Tel: 613 967 8069, Fax: 613 967 0469
www.airborne-sys.com
Airborne Systems Europe Headquarters
Llangeinor, Bridgend CF32 8PL, United Kingdom
Tel: +44(0) 1656 72 7000, Fax: +44(0) 1656 72 1100
www.airborne-sys.com
A History And Legacy Brought To Airborne Systems
The Airborne Systems Family of Brands
Each of these brands is known for particular capabilities, product and industry leading technology. Please click on the following links to connect directly to the individual website.
 GQ PARACHUTES
GQ Parachutes was formed in 1932. For more than 80 years, GQ Parachutes was a world leader in the supply of parachutes and safety and survival equipment to the military and aerospace markets. GQ Parachutes also designed, manufactured and supplied a comprehensive range of parachutes and emergency, rescue and survival equipment to the military, coastguard and civilian aerospace markets. GQ Parachutes is a well respected name in the industry and its products have become an important brand of the Airborne Systems family of brands.
 IRVIN AEROSPACE
The Irvin Air Chute Company was incorporated in 1919. In 1996, Irvin changed its name to Irvin Aerospace to better reflect the aerospace industry to which the focus of the company had returned. Irvin Aerospace designed, developed, and manufactured best-of-class parachutes for space and air vehicle recovery systems, deceleration systems for high-performance aircraft, military personnel parachute systems, cargo parachute systems and spin/stall parachute recovery systems. Irvin Aerospace is a well respected name in the industry and its products have become an important brand of the Airborne Systems family of brands.
 PARA-FLITE
Para-Flite was founded in 1969 to develop, manufacture and market gliding parachutes based on several U.S. patents. From its inception, Para-Flite’s innovation, superior design technology and quality manufacturing methods contributed to its success. Para-Flite’s expertise and leadership in military ram-air gliding canopy design and canopy manufacturing have been well recognized. Para-Flite is a well respected name in the industry and its products have become an important brand of the Airborne Systems family of brands.
 AIRCRAFT MATERIALS (AML)
Established over 50 years ago, Aircraft Materials (AML) was a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of a wide range of aerial delivery and air transportation systems and equipment for the carriage, security and safe deployment of personnel and equipment from military and civil aircraft both fixed and rotary winged. In addition, AML designed and manufactured an extensive range of components and metal fittings for use in parachute, restraint and safety harnesses. Aircraft Materials (AML) is a well respected name in the industry and its products have become an important brand of the Airborne Systems family of brands.
Important Information
Transitioning to Airborne Systems
On April 2, 2007, the following companies were brought together and combined as one company, Airborne Systems, to better serve our customers:
Irvin Aerospace
Irvin Aerospace Canada
Para-Flite
Irvin GQ
Aircraft Materials (AML)
Airborne Systems Global
All of the products and services of these companies, contacts and related information, are now available through Airborne Systems and the Airborne Systems web site. The products of these companies are now the brands of Airborne Systems.
As a service to our customers during this transition period, we are maintaining the former web sites until April 1, 2008. Access to a former web site can be made by clicking on the link below:
Irvin Aerospace http://www.irvinaerospace.com/index.html
Irvin Aerospace Canada http://www.airbornesystems-na.com/main.html
Para-Flite http://paraflite.com
Irvin GQ http://www.irvingq.co.uk
Aircraft Materials (AML) http://www.irvingq.co.uk/aml/company.asp
Airborne Systems Global http://www.asglobal.com
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