PCB Piezotronics (PCB®) has formed of the PCB Aerospace & Defense division; a dedicated, targeted market focused global technical sales & marketing, product and program management group based within PCB worldwide headquarters. 

PCB Aerospace and Defense will specialize in products and programs developed exclusively for the global aerospace, civil and military aviation, defense, homeland security, nuclear and test and measurement markets.

PCB Aerospace and Defense will specialize in products and programs developed exclusively for the global aerospace, civil and military aviation, defense, homeland security, nuclear and test and measurement markets. Products include:

• Space-rated high temperature and high-g shock accelerometers.
  
• Space-qualified hardware.
  
• Sensors and instrumentation for Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS), UAVs, helicopters, fixed wing aircraft and ground vehicles.
  
• System electronics.
  
• Combustion monitoring pressure sensors.
  
• High temperature engine vibration monitoring sensors.
  
• Launch and separation shock sensors.
  
• Active noise cancellation products.
  
• Aircraft hydraulic pressure sensors.

Typical applications include vibration and fatigue testing; qualification testing; aircraft and engine ground, flutter and flight testing; blast pressure and hydraulic system pressure measurements; structural dynamics; engine vibration monitoring; launch and separation shock studies; pressure, wind tunnels and aerodynamic studies; aircraft and ground vehicle prognostics; and noise cancellation applications.

Ronald J. Livecchi will oversee the new division as senior director of PCB Aerospace & Defense. Livecchi, a 30-year aerospace industry veteran, is responsible for worldwide strategic target market development, including program management; technical sales; marketing; applications engineering; and customer service, for sensors and  related instrumentation, including vibration, acceleration, acoustics, pressure, load, dynamic force, strain and torque measurement types.

The group will also include targeted applications engineering and customer service assistance, with a global direct sales force, geographically situated according to customer needs.

“PCB has experienced unprecedented growth and customer demand for our products within A&D over the past few years, prompting our decision to form a dedicated division to better suit our customers’ needs,” says PCB President John A. Lally. “Under Ron’s direction, we look forward to providing innovative new products to benefit this important target market segment, continuing the rapid growth and development we have enjoyed as a market leader in sensors and instrumentation, and helping us further evolve into new applications and technologies.”