Marvin Group

Marvin Engineering Co. is part of The Marvin Group. The company makes Alternate Mission Equipment (AME) and Aircraft Armament Equipment (AAE) for military aircraft. It has provided stores carriage and release solutions since 1963. The company says it supports virtually all U.S. combat aircraft built since the 1960s.

Its products include ejector racks for fixed, rotary and tilt wing aircraft, such as the MA-4, MAU-12, BRU-14, BRU-32 and TER-9/A. It also makes missile launchers, including the LAU-7, LAU-117, LAU-127, LAU-128, LAU-129, F-35 ARL, M299 and M310. Other products are weapons bay adapters for the F-35 and aircraft pylons for the F-16, F-22 and F-35.

Fixed wing platforms supported include the F-4, F-5, F-15, F-16, F/A-18, F-22, F-35, Hawk Advanced Trainer, TA/FA-50, P-3, B-52 and B-1B. Rotary wing support includes the AH-1, AH-64 and UH/MH/SH-60. The company also supports unmanned systems such as the MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle. It supports ground launched systems such as SLAMRAAM and NASAMS.

The company offers full life cycle support. This covers build-to-print manufacturing, feasibility and producibility studies, research and development, and long-term sustainment. Its in-house capabilities include manufacturing, test and integration, technical services and training, and sustainment and logistics.

Sustainment work includes repair and overhaul, upgrades and improvements. The company offers O-Level, I-Level and Depot-Level maintenance. Its Southern California facility has a depot for repairs on missile launchers and ejector racks. Customers include U.S. Armed Services and international military customers. In 2016, the company introduced its Configurable Armament Repair Depot (CARD) solution for forward deployed repair.

The company's R&D team has developed a family of pneumatic ejector racks for 5th Generation and beyond platforms. Several U.S. patents have been awarded for this work, and more are pending. The company also received a FY2019 Nunn-Perry Award from the U.S. Department of Defense for its Mentor Protege Program work with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.

The Marvin Group also includes Marvin Test Solutions, which makes test and measurement systems for military and aerospace use. Marvin Land Systems makes power and thermal management systems for land and naval platforms.

Services

• Ejector racks
• Missile launchers
• F-35 weapons bay adapters
• Aircraft pylons
• Research and development
• Technical services and training
• Sustainment solutions and logistics
• In-house manufacturing
• In-house test and integration
• Depot repair