Case Study: Esterline Control Systems halves design time and tightens control over aerospace and military requirements with Altium Designer

Design Integration Gives Esterline More Control Over Aerospace And Military System Requirements

Esterline Control Systems, Mason (ECS, Mason) designs flight controllers and other aerospace and military control systems in small production runs, requiring frequent modification of proven standard products to meet specific customer requirements. Their prior OrCAD-based toolchain forced slow, manual transfers between electrical, simulation and mechanical tools, creating inefficiencies, errors and limited ability to explore design alternatives.

By adopting Altium Designer as a unified environment, ECS, Mason integrated schematic capture, simulation, PCB design, MCAD export and PLM workflows, and built reusable, validated component libraries. This cut design time and cost (up to 50%), halved typical turnaround from eight to four weeks, reduced tool-induced errors, simplified DO-254 compliance and increased product reliability while enabling faster, lower-risk customization.

Esterline

Jorge Sanguinetti

Director of R&D and Systems Engineering