Bendix Radio, Division of Bendix Aviation Corp.
Baltimore 4, Maryland

1924: The Bendix Corporation is founded (with roots back to 1911).

1937: Bendix formed its radio division to make avionics and radio transmitter/receivers for aircraft.

1983: Allied Corporation purchased the Bendix Corporation and King Radio and combined the two to create the BendixKing brand of avionics.

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Bendix Radio Foundation Volunteers:
What do mid-twentieth century car radios, the first airborne weather radar system, and the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in WWII have in common?

They were all affected by the revolutionary devices produced by Bendix Radio—a division of the Bendix Corporation—which specialized in producing two-way radios for military aircrafts during WWII.

In 1937, Bendix Radio set up shop inside a General Motors plant located at 920 E. Fort Avenue before moving to a larger plant in Towson four years later.
After 1940, the majority of British Royal aircrafts and approximately 75 percent of U.S. aircrafts in the war used Bendix avionics.

In October of 2000, six former Bendix Radio employees founded the Bendix Radio Foundation (BRF) at the Baltimore Museum of Industry BMI to preserve the company legacy and its six decades of contributions to the radio and communication industry.