Swift Engineering

Swift Engineering Inc. is an American Spacecraft Engineering firm that builds Autonomous systems, helicopters, submarines, spacecraft, ground vehicles, robotics, and composite parts. Swift used to produce racing cars for an open-wheel racing series, including Formula Ford, Formula Atlantic, the Champ Car World Series, and Formula Nippon having designed and fabricated over 500 race cars.

 Overview 
Swift Engineering was founded as SWIFT CARS in 1983 by David Bruns, Alex Cross, R. K. Smith, and Paul White. Their first car, the DB-1, was a Formula Ford which won the SCCA National Championship in its debut race. The company later built cars for Sports 2000, Formula Ford 2000, Formula Atlantic and Champ Car. Swift chassis won the Atlantic Championship from 1989 to 1992 and British Formula Renault in 1990.

In 1991, Swift was purchased by Panasonic executive and former Indycar racing driver Hiro Matsushitagrandson of Kōnosuke Matsushita-founder of Panasonic, who renamed the firm Swift Engineering.

Swift Engineering established its overseas office in 2018 by forming a joint venture with the Kobe Institute of Computing. The joint venture is called Swift Xi Inc. and is located in Kobe. It is managed by Nick Barua, a Yale physicist and executive who resides in Japan. 

 Structure 
Swift Engineering is the parent of a diverse set of subsidiaries.
 Subsidiary BusinessExecutive Leader Swift Xi  Engineering CompanyNick Barua Swift Autonomy A complete UAS suite service company Hamilton Rencurrel, Caleb Joiner

 Related pages 
Swift Xi
Hiro Matsushita

 References 

Category:1983 establishments in California
Category:American aircraft companies
Category:Companies based in California