Veteran-owned Armada Composites provides advanced composite repair and fabrication for maritime and defense customers. Its work spans marine structural repairs and full vessel overhauls, with mobile field teams that can perform repairs on site. The company specializes in lightweight, high-strength composite solutions for boats and ships.
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Custom Technologies LLCFormed in 2012 by two former U.S. Navy composite specialists, Custom Technologies grew from their work solving difficult structural problems at NSWC Carderock. The Millersville firm applies more than 90 years of combined Department of Defense experience to composite technology projects for government and private-sector customers, with particular depth in marine and aviation work.MILLERSVILLE, MD
Back Creek CanvasFounded in 2018 by Navy veteran and Naval Academy graduate Shawn D. James, Back Creek Canvas makes custom marine canvas and upholstery for boats around Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay. Based at Horn Point Harbor Marina, the shop draws on James’s sailing experience and training with certified Master Fabric Craftsmen to build canvas with clean finishes designed to withstand the elements. Back Creek Canvas is also certified as service-disabled veteran-owned and veteran-owned.ANNAPOLIS, MD
The General Ship Repair CorporationFounded on Baltimore’s waterfront in 1924 by Charles Buck Lynch, The General Ship Repair Corporation is a family-owned shipyard that repairs and maintains workboats, tugs, barges, and other vessels. Now under fourth-generation Lynch ownership, the company works from two 1,000-ton floating dry docks and also provides industrial fabrication and repair through its Baltimore Metal Works division. Its 45-person team supports vessels both at the yard and throughout the port with 24-hour mobile repair service.BALTIMORE, MD
ITEN Defense, LLCFounded in Ohio in 2019 after acquiring Iten Industries’ defense operations, Iten Defense engineers and manufactures composite armor for military and law-enforcement applications. Its roots in ballistic fiberglass have grown into decades of materials and engineering experience, including transparent armor and large, complex panels produced in-house. The company develops protection from concept through testing and full-rate production for land, sea, air, and personal uses.ASHTABULA, OH