Swift Engineering

Swift Engineering
Company typePrivate
Industry
Founded1983; 42 years ago (1983)
California, USA
HeadquartersSan Clemente , California, USA
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Hiro Matsushita (Chairman & CEO)
Products
Number of employees
<500
ParentMatsushita International Corp
Subsidiaries
Websiteswiftengineering.com

Swift Engineering Inc. is an American Spacecraft Engineering firm that builds Autonomous systems, helicopters, submarines, spacecraft, ground vehicles, robotics, and composite parts. Swift used to produce racing cars for an open-wheel racing series, including Formula Ford, Formula Atlantic, the Champ Car World Series, and Formula Nippon having designed and fabricated over 500 race cars.

Overview

Swift Engineering was founded as SWIFT CARS in 1983 by David Bruns, Alex Cross, R. K. Smith, and Paul White.[2] Their first car, the DB-1, was a Formula Ford which won the SCCA National Championship in its debut race.[3] The company later built cars for Sports 2000, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Atlantic and Champ Car. Swift chassis won the Atlantic Championship from 1989 to 1992 and British Formula Renault in 1990.

In 1991, Swift was purchased by Panasonic executive and former Indycar racing driver Hiro Matsushita[4]grandson of Kōnosuke Matsushita[5]-founder of Panasonic, who renamed the firm Swift Engineering.

Swift Engineering established its overseas office in 2018 by forming a joint venture with the Kobe Institute of Computing. The joint venture is called Swift Xi Inc. and is located in Kobe. It is managed by Nick Barua, a Yale physicist and executive who resides in Japan.[6]

Structure

Swift Engineering is the parent of a diverse set of subsidiaries.

Subsidiary Business Executive Leader
Swift Xi Engineering Company Nick Barua
Swift Autonomy A complete UAS suite service company Hamilton Rencurrel, Caleb Joiner
Hyperkelp Ocean data as a service company [7] Graeme Rae

References

  1. ↑ "Swift Tactical Systems expands VTOL UAS capabilities". Aerospace Manufacturing and Design. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Rekindling The Flame". Archived from the original on August 25, 2006.
  3. ↑ "First Win PR" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-07.
  4. ↑ "HIRO AT LARGE". Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "The Founder, Konosuke Matsushita". Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Nick Barua: Multi-Faceted Career of Yale Physicist to Japan's Business Icon". Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  7. ↑ "HyperKelp Collaborates with Northrop Grumman to Monitor Glacier Melt". Retrieved August 3, 2023.