UK manufacture, under our own control
Fabrication and assembly are available at our own facilities in Newbury. Engineering agrees the production route and supply-chain, traceability and continuity requirements at quotation.
Industries
Defence and Aerospace PCB Manufacture, Assembly and Electronic Design
UK bare board fabrication, assembly and electronic design for defence and aerospace electronics. AS9100D accredited — fabrication FM 833030; assembly FS 719374 — and JOSCAR registered (10023472), with our own facilities in Newbury, Berkshire.
Defence & Aerospace
UK manufacture for defence and aerospace electronics
Newbury Electronics is a UK printed circuit board manufacturer supplying defence and aerospace programmes from its own facilities in Newbury, Berkshire. It has manufactured in the United Kingdom since 1956 and holds AS9100D accreditation for both PCB fabrication (certificate FM 833030) and electronics assembly (certificate FS 719374). Its published approvals also include JOSCAR registration and ISO 9001:2015 certification under certificates FM 24949 and FM 40205. See the certifications and scope notes for activity-specific requirements.
UK fabrication and assembly are available through our own facilities in Newbury, Berkshire. The production route, traceability, inspection, test and documentation requirements are agreed with engineering at quotation.
Timescales in this sector are long and revisions are expensive. Engineering agrees the qualification-build and production route before manufacture, including manufacturability, configuration control and the evidence needed for acceptance.
Where a programme requires UK-based production for supply-chain assurance, security or continuity, state this in your enquiry. The production route for larger requirements is agreed with engineering at quotation.
1956
Established — over 60 years of UK PCB manufacture
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Disciplines in one group: fabrication, assembly and electronic design
Class 1,2,& 3
IPC-A-610 assembly build criteria, by IPC-certified staff
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Published certifications and approvals — see the table below
Why Newbury Electronics
Why defence and aerospace teams work with us
Agree the manufacturing route, information handling and acceptance requirements before committing a programme to build.
Accredited to the standards the sector audits against
AS9100D accreditation across two certificates — PCB fabrication under FM 833030, valid to April 2029, and electronics assembly and procurement under FS 719374. JOSCAR registration 10023472 on the aerospace, defence, security and space supplier register. ISO 9001:2015 quality management under certificates FM 40205 and FM 24949. Every certificate is published in full with its number, scope and expiry date.
Built to be reproduced
Assemblies are built to IPC-A-610 Class 2 criteria by IPC-certified staff, with automated optical inspection, X-ray inspection for BGA and bottom-terminated components, and functional testing to your specification. Where a programme requires a higher build class, it must be reviewed and agreed in writing before manufacture.
Information handled as carefully as the hardware
Newbury Electronics is certified to ISO 27001:2022 under certificate 493672025 and holds Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus. Agree specific handling requirements for design files, bills of material and test data before transferring them. Cyber Essentials Plus certificate e8d53e44-5428-4392-8d8a-0e22b71fc2ba, valid to February 2027.
Integrated capability
Defence and aerospace PCB manufacturing capabilities
Take the complete route, or engage Newbury for an individual manufacturing or engineering task.
Bare PCB manufacture
Fabrication is carried out at our own plant under AS9100D certificate FM 833030, covering PCB fabrication for aerospace, defence and other sectors, and ISO 9001:2015 certificate FM 24949.
- Rigid, flexible and rigid-flex printed circuit boards
- High layer count, blind and buried vias, multi-layer and sequential build-up construction
- Controlled impedance for RF, radar and high-speed digital designs
- High-density interconnect (HDI) and microvia requirements reviewed with engineering
- Standard and high-temperature laminates — PTFE, polyimide and advanced FR-4
- ENIG, hard gold and immersion silver finishes
- Tight-tolerance fabrication for fine-pitch components and dense routing
- Online quoting, ordering and tracking via PCB Train
PCB assembly
Electronics assembly and procurement are carried out under AS9100D certificate FS 719374 and ISO 9001:2015 certificate FM 40205.
- Fine-pitch and BGA placement
- Automated optical inspection and X-ray inspection
- Selective soldering and through-hole assembly
- Convection and vapour-phase reflow
- Functional testing to customer specification
- CNC de-panelling
- The draft post-assembly cleaning reference to IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610 and MIL-STD-883 is subject to confirmation.
- In-house laser-cut solder paste stencil manufacture
- Conformal coating and encapsulation
- Conformal coating is not covered by our AS9100D certification unless subcontracted to an external accredited supplier.
- Box build and full system assembly
- IPC-certified assembly staff
Electronic design
Newbury Innovation is the electronic design division of the Newbury Group. Take the complete route, or engage a single engineering task. Design activities are not covered by our AS9100D certification unless subcontracted to an external accredited supplier.
- Embedded, analogue and digital design in Altium
- RF, high-speed and FPGA development
- Power electronics
- Design-for-manufacture, design-for-test and full documentation packs
- Rapid prototyping and iterative design refinement
- In-house EMC pre-compliance support and accelerated ageing
- Mechanical and enclosure design in SOLIDWORKS
- Complete product development, or individual engineering tasks
- PCB CAD layout
Relevant product applications
Defence and aerospace electronics applications
Capabilities can be combined around the performance, regulatory, security, environmental and lifecycle needs of the finished product.
- Aerospace monitoring and control systems
- Navigation and guidance electronics
- Mission-critical instrumentation
- Avionics and unmanned systems electronics
- Radar, sensing and surveillance electronics
- Ruggedised control and interface hardware
- Military and secure communications hardware
- Power management and conversion
- Obsolescence management and re-qualification of legacy assemblies — subject to engineering review
Complete system builds can also include box build and full system assembly.
A practical route through development
How a defence or aerospace programme runs with us
Agree the build standard, production route and acceptance evidence before manufacture.
Requirement
Gerber and drill files, bill of material, test requirement, build standard, quantities and dates.
Engineering review
Manufacturability, stack-up, impedance, build class and inspection requirements agreed before quotation.
Qualification build
Engineering agrees the qualification-build and production route before manufacture.
Validation
Inspection, test and documentation to the agreed standard.
Production
Repeat build, with component and process traceability requirements agreed for the programme.
Quality and approvals
Certified to the standards demanding programmes require
Newbury Electronics holds AS9100D accreditation for PCB fabrication (FM 833030) and electronics assembly (FS 719374), ISO 9001:2015 certification (FM 24949 and FM 40205), ISO 13485:2016 (MD 825732), ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (493672025), ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 (439832024), JOSCAR registration (10023472), Underwriters Laboratories approval (E132578), Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus. Review the scope and expiry dates below and agree the requirements for each activity before manufacture.
Published certificates
Certifications held by Newbury Electronics Ltd
| Standard | Certificate number | Scope | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISO 9001:2015 | FM 40205 | PCB assembly, electronic assemblies, laser-cut stencils | 19/12/2026 |
| ISO 9001:2015 | FM 24949 | Manufacture and supply of printed circuit boards | 19/02/2027 |
| AS9100D / EN9100:2018 (fabrication) | FM 833030 | PCB fabrication for aerospace, defence and other sectors | 22/04/2029 |
| AS9100D / EN9100:2018 (assembly) | FS 719374 | PCB assembly and population, electronic assemblies | 18/01/2027 |
| ISO 13485:2016 | MD 825732 | Medical device electronic assemblies | 17/02/2029 |
| ISO 14001:2015 / ISO 45001:2018 | 439832024 | Environmental, and occupational health and safety, management | 20/02/2028 |
| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 | 493672025 | Information security management | 15/09/2029 |
| JOSCAR | 10023472 | Aerospace, defence, security and space supply chain accreditation | — |
| Underwriters Laboratories | E132578 | PCB material and component safety | Ongoing |
| Cyber Essentials Plus | e8d53e44-5428-4392-8d8a-0e22b71fc2ba | Whole-organisation cyber security, independently audited | 23/02/2027 |
| Cyber Essentials | 0a16944a-86f3-4c1a-93fd-17cd5435bb1a | Whole-organisation cyber security, base tier | 19/02/2027 |
| IPC specialist certification | — | Individually certified staff — IPC-A-610 and IPC-7711/7721 | — |
Scope of AS9100 accreditation. Newbury Electronics Ltd is certified to ISO 9001:2015, and to the AS9100D / EN9100:2018 aerospace quality standard across two certificates: fabrication of printed circuit boards (certificate FM 833030) and electronic assembly and procurement (certificate FS 719374). Design and conformal coating activities are not covered by these certifications unless subcontracted to an external accredited supplier.
Assembly build standard. Newbury Electronics Ltd build electronic assemblies aiming to achieve IPC-A-610 Class 2. Note that only Class 1 standard is guaranteed unless otherwise agreed in writing prior to manufacture.
Defence and aerospace PCB manufacturing: frequently asked questions
Who should I use as a UK AS9100 PCB manufacturer for defence and aerospace?
Look for current certification with a scope that matches the activity you are buying, alongside JOSCAR registration, information security controls and the required manufacturing route. Newbury Electronics publishes separate AS9100D certificates for PCB fabrication (FM 833030) and assembly (FS 719374). Check the relevant certificate scope, build class and acceptance requirements before manufacture.
Which UK PCB manufacturers are JOSCAR registered?
Newbury Electronics is registered on JOSCAR, the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register for the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors, under registration 10023472. Its published approvals include AS9100D accreditation under certificates FM 833030 for fabrication and FS 719374 for assembly, and ISO 9001:2015 certification under certificates FM 24949 and FM 40205.
What does Newbury's AS9100 accreditation cover?
Our AS9100D accreditation covers PCB fabrication under certificate FM 833030 and electronics assembly and procurement under certificate FS 719374. Design and conformal coating activities are not covered unless subcontracted to an external accredited supplier. Both certificates are published in full on our Quality Approvals page with their scope and expiry dates.
Does AS9100D apply to every Newbury service?
Newbury Electronics holds two separate AS9100D / EN9100:2018 certificates: certificate FM 833030 for the fabrication of printed circuit boards, and certificate FS 719374 for electronic assembly and procurement. Electronic design and conformal coating activities are not covered by either certificate unless they are subcontracted to an external accredited supplier. Both certificates are published in full on our Quality Approvals page with their scope and expiry dates.
What inspection and testing capabilities are available for PCB assembly?
Published assembly capabilities include automated optical inspection (AOI), X-ray inspection, functional testing, through-hole and selective soldering, reflow and conformal coating. The inspection and test approach is matched to the agreed project requirements.
What information should be provided for a defence or aerospace PCB enquiry?
Useful information includes the PCB design data, layer build, materials, finishes, controlled-impedance requirements where applicable, quantities, assembly data and drawings, the applicable build standard, inspection or test requirements, and required delivery dates. This allows the team to assess the appropriate manufacturing route.
What assembly build standard does Newbury work to?
Newbury Electronics builds electronic assemblies to IPC-A-610 Class 2 criteria, by IPC-certified staff. Class 1 is guaranteed unless a higher class is agreed in writing before manufacture. The draft post-assembly cleaning reference to IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610 and MIL-STD-883 is subject to confirmation.
How is design data for defence programmes handled?
Newbury Electronics is certified to ISO 27001:2022 for information security management under certificate 493672025, and holds Cyber Essentials and independently audited Cyber Essentials Plus. Design files, bills of material and test data are handled inside that certified management system. Specific handling requirements should be agreed before files are transferred.
Can Newbury manufacture and assemble the same board in the UK?
Yes. UK bare board fabrication and assembly are available through our own facilities in Newbury, Berkshire, with electronic and mechanical design support through Newbury Innovation. The production route, traceability, inspection, test and documentation requirements are agreed with engineering at quotation.
Can Newbury support legacy and obsolete assemblies?
Send the existing documentation pack, original build standard and component-obsolescence concerns for engineering review. Newbury can assess repeat-build and redesign requirements; any re-qualification scope, test evidence and responsibility must be agreed for the programme.
Which quality and security approvals apply?
Published approvals include ISO 9001:2015 (FM 40205); ISO 9001:2015 (FM 24949); AS9100D / EN9100:2018 (fabrication) (FM 833030); AS9100D / EN9100:2018 (assembly) (FS 719374); ISO 13485:2016 (MD 825732); ISO 14001:2015 / ISO 45001:2018 (439832024); ISO/IEC 27001:2022 (493672025); JOSCAR (10023472); Underwriters Laboratories (E132578); Cyber Essentials Plus (e8d53e44-5428-4392-8d8a-0e22b71fc2ba); Cyber Essentials (0a16944a-86f3-4c1a-93fd-17cd5435bb1a). IPC specialist certification covers individually certified staff in IPC-A-610 and IPC-7711/7721. Newbury Electronics Ltd is certified to ISO 9001:2015, and to the AS9100D / EN9100:2018 aerospace quality standard across two certificates: fabrication of printed circuit boards (certificate FM 833030) and electronic assembly and procurement (certificate FS 719374). Design and conformal coating activities are not covered by these certifications unless subcontracted to an external accredited supplier.
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