Aviation & Space Windows

McDanel provides sapphire and glass windows and domes for a number of space, commercial and defense aviation applications. McDanel Windows and Molded Optical Domes are specifically engineered for challenging aerospace applications. McDanel glass domes are molded from high quality glass materials such as borosilicate glass and Gorilla® Glass* for superior optical performance and higher scratch, pit and impact resistance; and has experience producing windows in other materials such as sapphire and calcium fluoride for the most demanding applications.

McDanel has a robust past performance portfolio including awards from organizations such as NASA and the U.S. Air Force. In addition, McDanel has engineered and manufactured for many prime aerospace contractors such as: Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Thales, Spirit Aerospace and SAIC.

* Corning Gorilla® Glass is a trademarked glass engineered to be highly resistant to pitting and scratches. Similar glasses by other manufacturers are Dragontrail® by ASG and Xensation® by Schott AG.

Key Features

1. Complete Solution: From material, design, and mounting systems to provide the complete solution for your application.
2. Sealing: With over 30 years of experience in engineering sealing solutions for mission critical applications, you can count reliable sealing of McDanel windows. Our sealed assemblies have been used in many demanding applications such as defense aircraft instrumentation, spacecraft windows, and sight windows for rocket fuel tanks.
3. Quality: As an AS9100 company, you can rely on the quality of McDanel aviation and space windows, which includes extensive application specific testing on every window that leaves our facility.