In addition to its superior manufacturing capacity, CEP, Inc. management provides scientific R&D leadership which has led to the development of new products and product improvements. This leadership has been responsible for obtaining and executing contracts with the U.S. Army and Navy for problem solving applied research in acoustics, noise protection and communications in military operations.

Facilities are present at CEP, Inc. for its research and engineering team to bring ideas from concept to prototype to production. This capacity has been successfully applied in numerous product developments in hearing protection and communications in aviation.