_About Us
Our Mission Is Your Mission
Behind every power system we deliver is a crew and their passengers depending on it, a human story worth protecting. We power critical functions by providing the highest-quality engineering and customer support available.
Trusted by the World’s Most Ambitious Aerospace Programs
_Who We Are
Engineering Tomorrow’s Power Systems at the Speed of Today’s Requirements—For Over 70 Years
Acme Aerospace continues to partner with visionary aerospace teams pursuing the extraordinary. We’re advancing lithium-ion technologies, modular power supplies, and integrated energy solutions that are as ambitious as the missions they enable.
Our vertically integrated manufacturing allows us to deliver the agility and innovation of a specialized engineering team and the stability of a proven aerospace enterprise.
_How We Work
One Team Under One Roof
Our core engineering, manufacturing, testing, and repair capabilities come together at our Tempe, Arizona, headquarters, from cell and battery assembly through design, production, testing, and lifecycle support.
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By working side by side, our engineers can design, build, and test rapidly, then apply what they learn directly to the next iteration. This integrated approach accelerates development without compromising certification, quality, or testing rigor.
- In-house machine shop, environmental testing, and manufacturing
- Fast build-test-iterate loops during prototyping and design validation
- Full certification and testing rigor maintained at every step
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Mechanical, electrical, chemical, and battery engineers work alongside production, quality control, supply chain, and sales. When a project calls for it, we draw on specialized expertise like welding and circuit design through our sister company, Avionic Instruments, a natural synergy built on shared aerospace roots. It’s a culture that questions “the way it’s always been done,” backed by deep institutional knowledge.
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Some of our backup systems sit dormant for a long time, but must work instantly and without fail when needed. Our sealed Fiber Nickel-Cadmium batteries are designed to offer reliable standby power when called on, without needing electrolyte top-ups or routine maintenance.
Our involvement extends beyond delivery. We hold reliability data on every component, and any change we make gets checked against it before it’s approved. We keep supporting products for decades after they leave our floor, and when a component becomes obsolete, we requalify a new one rather than leaving customers stranded.
- FAA Part 145 repair station
- 24-hour AOG support worldwide
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We don’t just build power systems—we build partnerships that last decades, built on a commitment to reliability and precision that every aerospace mission demands.
_Our Legacy
A History of Innovation
From the outset, innovation and engineering excellence have been our focus. We have decades of partnership with aerospace teams who know that certified reliability is a specification and a promise.
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Acme Electric Founded
Acme Electric was founded in Cleveland, OH, with an initial product offering of motor-driven battery chargers, electrical appliances, and electrical generators.
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Founded in Research and Innovation
Utah Research & Development Corporation (URDC), later acquired by Acme Electric, was founded as a pioneering research organization for contracts, including support for NASA.
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Commercial Airliners
Developed the MD-80 Main Aircraft Battery Charger for McDonnell Douglas, the major U.S. aerospace company that built the DC-9 and MD-80 family of airliners.
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The Formation of Acme Aerospace
Acme Electric purchased Utah Research & Development Corp and formed Acme Aerospace, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona.
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Military Aviation
Developed Apache AH-64 Main Ship battery and charger, and multiple military batteries and chargers from Apache to the C-17 Emergency Backup Power (EBS) supply boost power regulator.
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Modular Power Supply
Developed the Aircraft Modular Power Supply (AMPS) product line of emergency battery backup units.
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Boeing 777
Developed Boeing 777 Main Ship battery and charger.
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Fighter Aircraft
Developed F-18 AC-DC regulated converter.
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Specialized Batteries and Chargers
Developed Fiber Nickel-Cadmium (FNC) batteries and chargers for the Javelin Missile Training System, which supports the U.S. military’s anti-tank missile.
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Boeing 737 / 747 / 757 / 767
Developed the Integrated Standby Flight Display (ISFD) for Boeing, a backup instrument panel with the pilot’s critical information if the main cockpit displays fail.
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Missile Defense
Developed Main Ship Battery for Orbital Sciences Corporation—TAURUS II Medium Range Target Missile Program.
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Jet Airliners
Awarded the emergency backup battery contract for the Embraer E-190.
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Military Helicopters
Awarded the lithium-ion Main Ship battery contract for Sikorsky S-97 development.
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Next-Gen Batteries
Began development of next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
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Battery Charger Control Units
Released the first digital Battery Charger Control Unit (BCCU) using advanced software.
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Stealth Fighter Jets
Awarded fifth-generation fighter Fiber Nickel-Cadmium (FNC) main aircraft battery.
_By The Numbers
Metrics That Matter
70+
years of aerospace power system innovation and partnership
12,500+
aircraft powered by Acme systems worldwide
35+
years of aircraft lifecycle support, from delivery through end of life
100+
in-house manufacturing and engineering capabilities
_Meet the Team
Meet the People Behind the Power
We value the depth of institutional knowledge brought by employees who’ve been with Acme Aerospace for decades.
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Our culture is one of high expectations and high accountability. We make sure that we’re delivering to the standard that our customers expect, using the most robust, quality systems and design requirements that exist.
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Our testing regime ensures that every battery will meet the requirements our customers need. It includes testing over all environments and different load applications. What separates Acme is our infrastructure, quality, and procurement rigor.
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Our quality department oversees every aspect of quality and production. We maintain all the certifications, and I make sure the staff is trained in the many things that go into quality assurance.
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Every project’s unique, if somewhat similar. They all have different requirements, different types of environments that they’re going to go into. It’s fun coming to work and knowing that you’re going to stretch your imagination and technical skill.
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I spend a lot of time with our quality team and in the factory, making sure we have processes that are repeatable and reproducible. The excellence that we have to put in day in and day out has to be there, so every day gets a little bit better.
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I need our engineering team to solve all of the technical problems that might come up in product design and also as we’re manufacturing our products. We deal with any issues with obsolescence or with design quality.