Services

Project Design & Engineering

West Electronics, Inc. (WEI) has a multi-disciplined Engineering staff that, in conjunction with our Industry partners, can provide a variety of Engineering services and support. This allows WEI to perform OEM development of new projects, redesign and enhancement of existing products/systems, and be a value-adding component of teaming arrangements. Past accomplishments include a redesign (reducing complexity and component count) of the JSIDS alarm system and the OEM design effort for the current Fuel System Supply Point program. WEI also has the necessary background and experience needed for logistics, Technical Manual development, and customer support/liaison.

Manufacturing

West Electronics, Inc (WEI) provides a wide range of labor intensive manufacturing services including component assembly, inspection, test, packaging, warehousing and shipping. WEI employees are specially trained and equipped to perform mechanical assembly of a wide range of petroleum and water transporation hardware, wire harnesses and cables, mechanical and electromechanical assemblies and more. WEI support functions include program and project management, procurement, inventory control, shipping and receiving, configuration management, quality control, manufacturing engineering and financial management. WEI facilities include over 50,000 square feet of manufacturing space that can be tailored to our customer’s custom requirements for efficient and logical production of component products.

System Integration

West Electronics, Inc. (WEI) specializes in assembling teams of industry experts to augment our own capabilities to perform a wide range of system integration functions.  WEI has proven capabilities on the Army’s Fuel System Supply Point Program (FSSP) and Early Entry Fluid Distribution System (E2FDS) program in bringing together experts in design and engineering, environmental and system test, component research, technical manuals and other logistics services, and other areas to successfully design, develop and deliver fuel delivery systems concepts. To support these programs WEI provides highly respected capabilities in the areas of program management, contract and subcontract management, cloud-based integrated configuration management, engineering and test, quality management and more.

Electronics

West Electronics production capabilities include critical wire harness and cable assembly for various Army programs.  West production, quality and managerial personnel are currently trained and certified as IPC Specialists to IPC-A-610, Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies, IPC/WHMA-A-620, Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies, and IPC J-STD-001, Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies. In addition, West is certified to AS9100D Quality Management System for manufacturing, inspect and test of wire harness, cable assemblies and similar electronic components.  West manufactures twelve different “W” series wire harnesses for the Army SINCGARS Interconnecting Group ON-373B/GRC (see “products” tab for specific part numbers), a SINCGARS accessory kit and has produced over 1,000 vehicle wiring harnesses for the US Army’s HMMWV Ambulance program.  The SINCGARS assemblies are critical Class III harnesses with strict quality control requirements and 100% inspection and test.  West has produced these cables for several years with zero defects at final test.

West engineering designs and builds harness boards in house that have had tolerances as tight as  ¼” per six feet of harness section.  Automated test capabilities include programmable CIRRUS 1100R+ (low voltage insulation resistance) and a CIRRUS 1100H+ tester for conducting high voltage testing.  Custom circuit card and other harness testing is available as required.  Other equipment includes an AMSCOPE inspection station, braiding capabilities, semi-automated wire cutters/strippers/crimpers, temperature controlled soldering stations, ESD control, a wide variety of crimp tools and dies, and other equipment for high quality harness assembly.

West specializes in PE ECP evaluation and submittal of changes to older technology drawing packages and the ability of our procurement department to locate and procure hard to find parts and solving obsolete part issues.

Procurement Services

West Electronics Inc (WEI) has performed procurement services since 1995 under several different contracts.

Supported agencies include:

  • Immigration and Naturalization Service 1995-2005
  • Department of Justice 2004-2007
  • Department of Homeland Security 2004-2006

As a result of the contracts above, WEI supported the government’s need to ship multiple items from multiple vendors to multiple sites. WEI also performed and coordinated installation services at multiple sites. This coordination effort performed by West led to the successful implementation of several key government programs to implement and install wireless communication and computer systems for key events including the Olympics in 2004, the Superbowl in Jacksonville, Florida in 2005, Hurricane Katrina emergency communication services in 2006 as well as many other complex events requiring coordination.

WEI has the capabilities to provide high quality and complex procurement services at very competitive prices that will ensure the completion of your critical programs.