20 Worcester Business Journal | April 1, 2019 | wbjournal.com
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alancing defense sector
contracts with commercial
production is not as easy as
simply finding new custom-
ers. When the Radant Tech-
nologies Division of Communications &
Power Industries (CPI), located in Stow,
wanted to expand its commercial pro-
duction capabilities, company leadership
knew it was time to take the leap and
open a new facility.
For decades, the Radant division of
CPI has specialized in manufacturing ra-
domes, reflectors and structural compos-
ite products. e equipment it manufac-
tures is used onboard fighter aircra and
submarines, mostly for communications
and radar purposes. But in the last sev-
eral years, CPI Radant has expanded its
work on a system the average civilian is
more likely to encounter while traveling
long distances: in-flight entertainment
and connectivity. at shi, however, has
required speeding up production to meet
the needs of a different market.
"For years we've been building
things one one or two at a time," said
Tim Smith, president of CPI's Radant
Technologies Division. "And we had to
find a way to learn how to build eight
F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G A W A R D S
From military to commercial
CPI Radant expanded from fighter jets to in-flight
entertainment with its new Hudson expansion
BY MONICA BUSCH
Cool STUFF Digital Editor
CPI Radant workers assemble
a radome, which is used to
enclose radar antenna.
