Now a subsidiary of New York-based L-3 Communications, Cincinnati Electronics designs and produces infrared sensors, hybrid microelectronics and cryogenics for use in autonomous guidance, situational awareness, threat warning and targeting applications. The company also specializes in the design, development and production of avionics and communications products for missiles, launch vehicles and spacecraft. Though its primary client is the United States Department of Defense, the company markets its products which also include radios, radars, gun sights and microcircuits to other clients in the military, aerospace, commercial, industrial and institutional sectors. Cincinnati Electronics was founded in the 1920s and has headquarters in Mason, Ohio.