Services - Cobham Sensor Systems, Mexico

Cobham Sensor Systems, Mexico

Cobham Sensor Systems, Mexico is your trusted partner for microelectronic product assembly and test services in Mexico.

Established in 1997 as a division of Cobham Sensor Systems, San Diego, this operation employs a full staff and builds products for defense, medical, industrial and commercial applications.

A LEAN production manufacturing facility, Cobham Sensor Systems, Mexico is ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100 certified.

Cobham Sensor Systems, Mexico provides a range of services:

Maquiladora Shelter (Time & Material) services for the defense, commercial, and medical industries

Cobham Sensor Systems, Mexico provides all the advantages of near-shore / low cost labor manufacturing, without the burden or risk of incorporating a dedicated company in Mexico.

Under a Maquiladora Shelter service agreement, Cobham Sensor Systems, Mexico is responsible for the administrative functions required to do business in Mexico:

Human Resources Financial controlling Customs Permitting Legal compliance

Customers are typically responsible for providing and managing the direct aspects of manufacturing, and any new manufacturing processes or equipment:

Process Implementation Process Documentation Machinery, equipment Materials Production & Quality

Cobham Sensor Systems, Mexico can also structure flexible service agreements with the level of management support tailored to suit the customer requirements.

Cobham’s Maquiladora Shelter solution provides customers with a quick and effective means of obtaining Near-Shore world-class manufacturing at low cost & less risk.

Mexico has enacted strong intellectual property protection under the North America free trade agreement (NAFTA), another benefit to near-sourcing in Mexico.

Build-To-Print (BTP) Manufacturing

Manufacturing expertise enables Cobham to duplicate or recreate obsolete customer processes and implement producibility, reliability, and process enhancements into the final products.

Cobham can reconstruct outdated drawings and missing documentation, and develop special tooling and fixtures, needed to manufacture production products.

Production Transfers to Mexico

For Qualifying Department of Defense programs and with approved licenses, Cobham provides customers a cost benefit by transferring production RF and microwave products developed domestically into Mexico.

Cobham has achieved considerable cost savings on the Longbow Missle program for Northrop and the AN/ALR-67 Radar Warning Receiver program for Raytheon, among others.