Company Profile

Artex Aircraft Supplies, Inc., is part of Cobham Avionics & Surveillance, a division of Cobham plc, a publicly traded $2 billion international aerospace, flight operations, precision engineering and avionics company based in the UK.

Artex is located in Aurora, Oregon. The company operates a single facility of approximately 24,000 sq. ft., housing all corporate functions with 160 employees. The building was occupied new in August 2000 with an expansion section of 6000 sq. ft. completed in spring 2005.

Artex Corporate Office 24.000 sq. ft. Aurora, Oregon

Artex designs and manufactures a wide array Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) for General, Business, Commercial and Military Aviation applications as well as battery packs and ELT accessories.

Artex, as a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved repair station, also repairs Artex TSO C91a and TSO C126 ELTs.

The business of Artex is global and customers range from the individual private pilot to the world’s largest airframe manufacturers, airlines and governments.

What is an ELT?

An ELT is a battery-powered radio transmitter mounted in a crash-resistant housing in the rear of an aircraft. When triggered by a significant shock, the transmitter begins broadcasting to one or more of a series of orbiting satellites. The satellites automatically alert ground-based Search and Rescue stations, which dispatch rescue aircraft towards the radiating beacon. As the technology has evolved the circle of uncertainty of the beacon location has improved from 20 km radius to 100 meters. For more information about ELTs, click here.