New Memoir Published by Holt’s Entrepreneurial Founder, William G. Holt
Aliso Viejo, CA (September 16, 2025) – For almost 50 years, Holt has manufactured avionics and data bus products for both commercial and military users worldwide. Since its founding in 1976, Holt has grown to be a leading supplier of commercial and military avionic ICs.
Holt’s founder, entrepreneur William G. Holt, has published a new memoir, “Engineering Your Career and Life: Lessons Learned While Building a Technology Business”. The memoir gives unique insight into founding and growing a successful tech business, illustrating W. G. Holt’s tenacity and persistence through his two adopted pillars for success.
Located in Aliso Viejo, CA, Holt Integrated Circuits is a major supplier of ICs for avionics and military aircraft data bus and display applications. The company's products are specified by more than 400 manufacturers worldwide and are employed in flight control, navigation, engine management, communications, safety equipment, and in-flight entertainment systems.
Holt's range of ICs supporting the ARINC 429 standard is the widest in the industry, and its MIL-STD-1553 transceivers are recognized as the industry's smallest, having the lowest power consumption. In addition, Holt MIL-STD-1553 integrated terminals offer the most compact, cost effective solution available, integrating protocol, transceiver and transformers in a single 15x15mm package.
Holt also offers its MIL-STD-1553 protocol as a DAL A, DO-254 Certifiable IP Core. Other data bus products include ARINC 717, CAN (ARINC 825), Ethernet, RS-485/422, discrete-to-digital and analog switches.
Select products are available to DSCC SMD specifications. Holt also offers product compliant to the EU Directive 2011/65/EU (“RoHS 2”).
Holt Integrated Circuits is AS9100D:2016 and ISO 9001:2015 registered.
