BLU-63/B bomblet
The GAO review of the BLU-63/B program identifies Ajax Hardware Manufacturing Corporation as a producer tied to the bomblet contract history.
Sources: GAO BLU-63/B reviewBuilt by archive
Ajax Hardware Manufacturing Corporation Weapon Systems
Ajax Hardware Manufacturing Corporation was a California hardware manufacturer that appears in this catalog because government records connect it to BLU-63/B bomblet production. Surviving public traces place the company in Los Angeles County hardware filings and show that its name also appears in a later Ajax Hardware Corporation trademark record.
1 weapon systemsAjax Hardware Manufacturing Corporation is a historical California hardware maker whose public footprint survives mainly in patent records, trademark filings, and a government review of the BLU-63/B bomblet program.
For this catalog, the company matters because procurement records connect it to BLU-63/B production, which in turn links it to the CBU-58A/B cluster bomb lineage represented here.
Notable Systems
Builder History
Ajax trademark first-use date
The Ajax hardware trademark record lists first use and first use in commerce in 1948 for a broad set of builders-hardware products.
Sources: USPTO trademark record
Door stop patent issued to Ajax assignee
A Google Patents record for a door stop construction lists Ajax Hardware Manufacturing Corporation as the California assignee, showing the company's builders-hardware business line in the mid-1950s.
Sources: Google Patents door stop construction
GAO reviews BLU-63/B bomblet program
A U.S. Government Accountability Office review of the BLU-63/B bomblet program identifies Ajax Hardware Manufacturing Corporation in the production history for the munition line.
Sources: GAO BLU-63/B review
Historical records for Ajax are sparse and often surface through patents, trademark filings, and procurement reviews rather than a surviving corporate site. This profile normalizes the manufacturing corporation name used in procurement records and the Ajax Hardware Corporation trademark record.
Builder Sources
- USPTO trademark recordPublisher: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | Note: Supports the Ajax Hardware Corporation spelling, the City of Industry, California address shown in the trademark record, the 1948 first-use date, and the builders-hardware goods list. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- Google Patents door stop constructionPublisher: Google Patents | Note: Supports the Ajax Hardware Manufacturing Corporation assignee name and the company's builders-hardware background in a mid-1950s patent record. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
- GAO BLU-63/B reviewPublisher: U.S. Government Accountability Office | Note: Supports Ajax Hardware Manufacturing Corporation as a producer in the BLU-63/B bomblet program and the catalog-relevant munitions production context. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
Category
Munitions
Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.
