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12 April 2017

High-Efficiency Super Capacity Chiller System Successfully Completes Certification Tests Chesapeake, VA, 12 April 2017 – The U.S. Navy has successfully completed first article production prototype qualification testing for the new-generation…

16 February 2017

Arlington, VA, 16 February 2017 – VADM David Architzel, USN (Ret), President of Fairlead Boat Works, was a defense industry panelist at the Marine Machinery Association’s (MMA) 33rd Annual Spring…

16 October 2016

Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, UK, 16 October 2016 – Fairlead announced today that its Precision Manufacturing & Integration (FPMI) division debuted its LARS during Unmanned Warrior as part of a…

16 August 2016

Portsmouth, VA, 16 August 2016 – Fairlead Integrated announced today that its Precision Manufacturing & Integration (FPMI) division has received a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) from NASA Langley Research Center…

04 June 2016

Robert McCabe The Virginian-Pilot Newport News, VA, 4 June 2016 Over the span of a 40-year career, retired Navy Vice Adm. David Architzel left some pretty big footprints. His last…

09 February 2016

Portsmouth, VA, 9 February 2016 – Fairlead Precision Manufacturing & Integration (FPMI) was recently awarded a contract to produce telescoping conveyors for FMH Conveyors in Hampton. We are executing this…

20 June 2015

Robert McCabe The Virginian-Pilot Newport News, VA, 20 June 2015 Davis Boat Works, a 57-year-old ship-repair facility in Newport News, has been sold to Portsmouth-based Fairlead Integrated, state Sen. Frank…

29 October 2014

Portsmouth, VA, 29 October 2014 – Fairlead Integrated announced today that their Precision Manufacturing and Integration Division (FPMI) in Portsmouth, VA has been awarded a contract from the Department of…

28 September 2014

Robert McCabe The Virginian-Pilot Virginia Beach, VA, 28 September 2014 It’s the station to which he’s set his satellite radio more than the cool, sleek interior of Jerry Miller’s blue…

03 July 2014

Reynolds Hutchins Inside Business Portsmouth, VA, 3 July 2014 Whizzing through the workshop, Jerry Miller is barely audible over the whirring machines at Fairlead Integrated. Many of those machines, some…