Teldix GmbH

The purpose of this page is to provide a brief outline or profile of TELDIX GmbH illustrating the historical background, experience and present day engineering and design capabilities of the company. We are pleased to have this opportunity to present our story - to show how our Company has combined the ideas of our staff with purposeful action to produce equipment, systems and services which have achieved worldwide recognition.

TELDIX GmbH was founded in 1960 as a subsidiary of TELEFUNKEN GmbH and the BENDIX Corporation, USA. In 1973, the Bosch GmbH acquired the Bendix interest and in 1981 also that of AEG-Telefunken.

In 1989 TELDIX was integrated into Bosch Telecom.

In February 1996, Litton Industries Inc., Woodland Hills, CA, USA, acquired TELDIX GmbH from Bosch and made TELDIX a "Center of Excellence" for high-technology products in the fields of computer technology, displays and space products whereby our sister company LITEF GmbH is the "Center of Excellence" for airborne, marine and land vehicle navigation systems.

In April 2001 Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, USA acquired Litton Industries. TELDIX and LITEF now belong to the Navigation Systems Division within Northrop Grumman's Electronic Systems sector.

TELDIX owes its development over forty years to the continuous evolution of its products, the high quality of its technical teams, the constant improvement of the facilities used and the diversification of its activities.

Today TELDIX has a technical potential of multi-discipline engineers and technicians and of highly-qualified production workers.

Six percent of the company's personnel are involved with quality assurance and maintain our spirit of high quality.

The quality management program implemented at TELDIX ensures its high standards of quality in all areas.

TELDIX is DIN-EN ISO-9001:2000, AQAP-110, AQAP-150, JAR 21 and JAR 145 certified.

There are several products which are worth to be mentioned in the following since they represent milestones in the successful business of TELDIX.

Display Systems

TELDIX was one of the first companies in Germany to design electronic displays for aircraft. Today our Head-up Display ranks among the most important instruments for modern fighter aircraft and has become the standard equipment for the Multi-Role-Combat-Aircraft Tornado.

Thanks to helmet-mounted display technology, a further activity TELDIX is successfully involved in, military pilots have a new view on the outside world.

Special-purpose Computing Systems

Because of the wide experience TELDIX has acquired with special-purpose computers, the company was awarded a contract for the development and production of the Missile Control System for the Tornado Aircraft.

For the EF 2000 TELDIX has successfully completed the development of various computers such as: Computer Symbol Generator CSG, Cockpit Interface Unit CIU, Attack Computer/Navigation Computer AC/NC, Interface Processor Unit IPU, Defensive Aids Computer DAC.

Logistic Services

TELDIX attaches particular importance to a comprehensive service support for any TELDIX equipment purchased such as

ILS-oriented Customer Support Organization

Documentation and Training

Field Support

Repair and Overhaul

Material Management

Space Equipment

For now more than 30 years TELDIX has been very successful in the field of gyroscopic actuators such as Momentum and Reaction Wheels.

Our Momentum Wheels DRALLRADŽ are utilized for the stabilization of all kinds of satellites. Currently 433 wheels installed in 188 satellites are in orbit representing 1760 years of accumulated orbit operation.

The company's success in its business activities has been achieved by maintaining consistently high quality coupled with adherence to program and cost targets.