Bendix Radio Foundation

Last updated 10/16/2017

Facilities

Bendix Radio and its successive companies have had many locations around the World, United States, Maryland and in particular Baltimore.

BRF has attempted to list all the locations we have documented to date. If anyone knows of any additional locations we would appreciate receiving whatever information is available.

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BEFORE BALTIMORE
Chicago, IL
Dayton, OH
New York City, NY
Washington, DC

AROUND BALTIMORE
920 E Fort Ave
921 E Fort Ave
1300 E Joppa Rd
2400 N Charles St
Harbor Field
Allied Plant
Turner Station
Belvedere Ave
Fayette St
Russell St
Monument St
Mt Royal & North Ave
Broening Highway
Pimlico Airport
2200 N Charles St
York Rd
Painters Mill
Rutherford Field
Owings Mills
Timonium Fairgrounds
Janney St
Hart Rd
Strawberry Point
Friendship Airport
Quad Ave
Eudowood

AROUND THE UNITED STATES
York, PA
Red Bank, NJ
Teaterboro, NJ
McLean, VA

AROUND THE WORLD
Matamoras, Mexico
Taipai, Taiwan

NEW DIVISIONS SPAWNED
Bendix Avionics, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Bendix Field Engineering, Columbia, MD
Bendix Automotive Electronics, NewPort News, VA

Facility Timeline

1936 Bendix Radio formed with merger of Radio Research of Washington, DC
and Jenkins & Adair of Chicago, IL.

1937 Washington, DC operations move to E 920 Fort Ave, Baltimore, MD

1938 Chicago, IL operations moved to 920 E Fort Ave

1940 Ground broken for Joppa Rd plant

1942 Six plants producing military equipment for the US and UK;
Bendix Red Bank is a division of Bendix Radio

1943 Charles St operation started

1951 Pimlico operation begins

1952 York, PA plant operation starts;
            Fort Ave plant closes;
            Janney St warehouse opens;
            Second Charles St location opens

1954 Bendix Radio buys 25 acre site on south side of Joppa Rd; 14 building comprise the Bendix Radio operation

1955 Broening Highway Plant acquired; Engineering building started;

1959 ESAR building completed;
Field Engr opens Owings Mills facility

1962 Engineering Building expansion completed

1967 Bendix Radio names changes to Bendix Communication;
Quad Ave facility opens.

1972 McLean, VA manufacturing facility opened

1998 Communication Division sold to Raytheon

Photos

920 E. Fort Ave. 1942