Quatro Composites, a leader in carbon fiber design and manufacturing, has become a technology partner in manufacturing Insitu's next generation autonomous UAS.

"The Technical Development Center, located in Poway, CA, provided valuable input to Insitu's engineering team, working with them to design their parts for composite fabrication on the next generation UAS due to release in second quarter of 2009," said Karash Turpin, Vice President of Quatro's Engineering Operations. "Insitu was able to take advantage of our specially designed and fabricated assembly and alignment tools, as well as our extensive experience and proprietary out-of- autoclave manufacturing processes."

In May, Quatro, was awarded ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100:2004 Certification of Registration. The certification signifies both of its facilities, located in Orange City, IA and Poway, CA, comply with all standards of the AS9100 quality management system. "Receiving the AS9100 certification clearly demonstrates Quatro's commitment to both commercial aerospace and non-aerospace customers since the standard focuses on critical areas important to all industries such as supply chain management and process control," says Steve Roesner, President of Quatro. "We have a company commitment to continuously improve all business functions while providing innovative, technical products and responsive customer service to the composite industry."

Tec Industries, LLC, dba Quatro Composites, is an Iowa-based advanced manufacturer offering a full line of services from design, analysis, prototyping and production of advanced composite products. Quatro manufactures and engineers products for the aerospace, military / defense and medical markets. The business operates in two locations, Orange City, Iowa, (Headquarters, Manufacturing & Distribution) and Poway, California (Technical Development Center).