The first air-supported fabric radomes were offered commercially by Walter Bird’s company, Birdair, of Buffalo, NY. CHEMFAB acquired the structural fabrics business from Birdair in 1979. The radome fabrication portion of the business was moved to Merrimack, NH in 1993, and production has continued at the same location under the ownership of Saint-Gobain, which had acquired CHEMFAB in 2000. In late 2023, Saint-Gobain announced the dissolution of its Composite Solutions business unit, which includes the SHEERGARD radome business. SHEERGARD Composite Solutions Inc. was founded after its parent company acquired certain technical assets related to the SHEERGARD radome business from Saint-Gobain.

Today, ground-based systems make use of structural fabrics, sandwich composites, or hydrophobic laminates. They can be typically found in large, fixed radomes used in Radar or Satcom applications, as well as smaller systems used within next-gen Telecom and LEO Satcom applications. Systems can be provided fully integrated as a turn-key solution, or as standalone system compatible with further integration into a larger platform.

This industry-leading portfolio of materials and systems is backed up with a fully integrated design and installation team. Bringing decades of experience in the design, manufacture and installation of radomes of all types, much of this highly experienced team has transitioned directly from Saint-Gobain radome business to SHEERGARD Composite Solutions.

SHEERGARD Composite Solutions stands ready to deliver exceptional solutions for the most demanding applications, continuing the innovative spirit of Walter Bird and the team at Cornell from 75+ years ago.