Cox & Company

Cox and Company is a manufacturer of ice protection and temperature control systems for aerospace. It was founded during World War II to solve the United States military's in-flight icing problems. The site says it has operated continuously since 1944. It is at 1664 Old Country Road, Plainview, New York.

The company makes low power ice protection systems, electro-thermal ice protection systems, electronic controllers and temperature control solutions. It also makes transit products and rotorcraft ice protection systems with heated structures. The site says its products have flown on platforms including the Boeing P-8A, Northrop Grumman MQ-4C, HondaJet HA-420 and Cessna Longitude.

The site says Cox and Company is now part of Hutchinson. Hutchinson works in acoustics and vibration, sealings, fluid transfer and thermal management, sensing and actuation, structures and power transmission. The site says the combined teams will push innovation in aviation.

The site describes a 110,000 square foot facility with engineering and manufacturing space. It includes an icing wind tunnel and laboratory space for testing. The site says the company has delivered products ranging from hydraulic line heaters on the Apollo Lunar Module to a rotorcraft ice protection system on the KAI KUH Surion.

The company provides full life-of-product support. That includes requirements definition, system design and development, avionics and structures manufacturing, qualification testing and certification support, and on-site Part 145 repair station work. The site lists separate contacts for new product inquiries, sales, product support and general questions.