Pelican Defense develops custom micro-scale devices and embedded structures for radiation diagnostics, survivability testing, and advanced sensing applications. Our team designs and fabricates specialized components that integrate directly into system architectures, test vehicles, and mission hardware.
What We Build
- Radiation-Sensing Microdevices
RadFETs, dose-rate detectors, micro-ion chambers, embedded gamma/neutron sensors, and transient-capture structures for in-mission diagnostics. - MEMS-Based Structures
Optical MEMS, RF MEMS, PowerMEMS, resonant structures, micro-switches, and mechanical elements tailored for extreme environments. - Thin-Film & 3D Microstructures
Multi-layer thin-film stacks, precision metallization, microvias, high-aspect-ratio features, and specialty coatings for sensors and test chips. - Prototype Test Chips & Embedded Diagnostics
We integrate custom microfabricated structures directly into test vehicles to enable on-chip data capture, correlation across labs, and advanced survivability analysis.
How We Fabricate
Our microfabrication capabilities span a full suite of semiconductor and MEMS manufacturing techniques, including lithography, thin-film deposition, etching, electroplating, CVD/PECVD, implantation, wafer-level processing, and packaging.
These processes support rapid prototyping, short-run production, and mission-specific device builds for research programs, technology demonstrations, and flight-focused developments.