L-3 Communications Pulse Sciences

Overview

In the early sixties innovative, entrepreneurial-minded scientists formed two companies: Physics International in northern California and Maxwell in southern California with the intent to develop hi-tech commercial products and to perform contract R&D for the government and private industry. Combining expertise in high voltage devices, shock physics and computational analysis these two companies formed the nucleus of what is today's L-3 Pulse Sciences (L-3 PS) ¦ that to this day is regarded as a pioneer within the U.S. scientific and defense communities. Shortly after start-up, these two companies recognized and addressed the government s need for a powerful flash x-ray pulser to perform transient radiation effects testing on electronics systems. This single project spawned the diverse set of products and services that we offer today.