Capewell Components Co. LLC, established 1881, located in South Windsor, CT is the premier Life Support and Aerial Delivery manufacturer in the world. Capewell originally manufactured horseshoe nails for customers such as the US Calvary, and therefore are proud to state that we have been a supplier to the US Military for over one century!

The Life Support Division has been supplying the US forces with our Capewell Parachute Releases for over 60 years and continues this tradition with Ripcords, Cable Assemblies and Parachute Hardware for worldwide military forces. The Capewell (Frost) Canopy Release is used on the Joint Strike Fighter, F-16, F-22, B1, B2 and the Joint Primary Aircraft Trainer System (JPATS) aircraft. This division also manufactures Emergency Descent Devices (EDD) for ground evacuation from wide body aircraft configurations such as the C-5, Boeing 747, 757, 767, 787 and the Airbus 300, 310 and 380. Other specialty products include Fast Rope with or without the Fast Rope Insertion/ Extraction System (FRIES) loops and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) ropes.

Capewell’s Aerial Delivery Division designs and manufactures Aerial Delivery Platforms (Type V), Precision Airdrop Systems, (The Affordable Guided Airdrop System) [AGAS], and external (helicopter) lift equipment, for worldwide military and humanitarian operations. Capewell also produces specialty items such as Towplates, CDS Buffer Stop Assemblies (BSA)/Center Vertical Restrain Systems (CVRS), C-17 Dual Row Airdrop System (DRAS) Platforms and Outrigger Assemblies.

Capewell’s Mission Planning Division is the exclusive international distributor of the Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS-MP) used by the US Air Force as its exclusive airdrop mission planning computer for precision high altitude aerial delivery.

Capewell provides the “Total Package” of Design, Manufacture, Technical Support and Training, and is an ISO 9001 Registered Company.