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Dowty Electronics

Dowty Electrics developed and manufactured electrical switches and indicator components used on some of the worlds most modern aircraft and also electrical equipment used in other sectors of the Dowty Group, as other businesses were acquired by the Dowty Group it later became known as Dowty Electronics Division.

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  • A short history of the Dowty IT Division

    A short history of the Dowty IT Division

    A short history of the Dowty Information Technology Division (successor to the Dowty Electronics Division) In 1984 Dowty Electronics Division acquired ...
  • At the Leading Edge of Information Systems Technology

    At the Leading Edge of Information Systems Technology

    Dowty Information Systems – At the Leading Edge of Information Systems Technology
  • Cognito - Mobile Computer Data & Messaging Network

    Cognito - Mobile Computer Data & Messaging Network

    Cognito – Mobile Computer Data & Messaging Network
  • Cognito Messager

    Cognito Messager

    Photographs of the Dowty Communications Cognito Messager 2-Way Paging System
  • Creates Links In Every Sphere

    Creates Links In Every Sphere

    Dowty Electronics – Creates Links In Every Sphere
  • Douglas Hurd MP - Viewing the Megabeam

    Douglas Hurd MP - Viewing the Megabeam

    Photograph of Home Secretary Douglas Hurd MP, viewing the Megabeam – the new laser transmission system from CASE Communications Douglas Richard ...
  • Dowty Apprentices - Projects & Events

    Dowty Apprentices - Projects & Events

    Dowty Apprentices occasionally got involved in some kind of “project” or “event”, this would involve a team of apprentices coming ...
  • Dowty Circuits - Chichester

    Dowty Circuits - Chichester

    Photographs show the Dowty Circuits (Lustre Engineering) site Unit 74 at Quarry Lane, Chichester These photographs were taken by the Dowty ...
  • Dowty Controls - In Control of Technology

    Dowty Controls - In Control of Technology

    Dowty Controls – In Control of Technology
  • Dowty Electrics - Ashchurch Fire 1969

    Dowty Electrics - Ashchurch Fire 1969

    In February 1969, a fire spread through the Dowty Electrics factory at Ashchurch, it was the largest fire in the ...
  • Dowty Electrics - Organisation Charts

    Dowty Electrics - Organisation Charts

    Copies of Dowty Electrics Management Organisation Charts from the 1980’s
  • Dowty Electrics - Site Locations

    Dowty Electrics - Site Locations

    Early development of Dowty electrical components began at Arle Court during WW2 when it was a department of Dowty Equipment. In ...
  • Dowty Electrics - Touch Probe Movement Detector

    Dowty Electrics - Touch Probe Movement Detector

    Dowty Electrics – Touch Probe Movement Detector
  • Dowty Electrics Ltd - Aircraft Equipment

    Dowty Electrics Ltd - Aircraft Equipment

    Dowty Electrics Ltd – Aircraft Equipment
  • Dowty Electrics Ltd - Industrial Equipment

    Dowty Electrics Ltd - Industrial Equipment

    Dowty Electrics Ltd – Industrial Equipment
  • Dowty Electrics Ltd - New Product Information

    Dowty Electrics Ltd - New Product Information

    Dowty Electrics Ltd – New Product Information
  • Dowty Electrics Ltd - Product Data Sheets

    Dowty Electrics Ltd - Product Data Sheets

    Dowty Electrics Ltd – Product Data Sheets
  • Dowty Electrics Ltd - Product Profile

    Dowty Electrics Ltd - Product Profile

    Dowty Electrics Ltd – Product Profile
  • Dowty Electronics - Acton

    Dowty Electronics - Acton

    Photographs showing the Dowty Electronics site – Ultra Electronics, Mansfield Road, Western Avenue, Acton – Dowty Unit 79 These photographs were ...
  • Dowty Electronics - Assemblies, Products, Components

    Dowty Electronics - Assemblies, Products, Components

    Dowty Electronics – Assemblies, Products, Components
  • Dowty Electronics - Brochure

    Dowty Electronics - Brochure

    Dowty Electronics – Brochure
  • Dowty Electronics - Cranfield

    Dowty Electronics - Cranfield

    Photographs showing the Dowty Electronics site Ripper Systems Ltd, Cranfield, Bedfordshire – Dowty Unit 101 These photographs were taken by the ...
  • Dowty Electronics - Gresham Lion Technology

    Dowty Electronics - Gresham Lion Technology

    Photographs showing the Dowty Electronics – Gresham Lion Technology site at Feltham, Middlesex and Ashington, Nothumberland in 1986 These photographs were ...
  • Dowty Electronics - Hednesford

    Dowty Electronics - Hednesford

    Photographs showing the Dowty Electronics site – Rugely Road, Hednesford These photographs were taken by the Dowty Group Services Property Department, ...
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