Spearhead Cables wasn’t born in a boardroom. It was born from a small group of people who share the same conviction — people who have worked side by side for over twenty years and who believe that what America makes, America makes better.
The manufacturer behind every cable is Reagan Wireless Corporation, a company with 27 years of continuous operation. We produce under contract for Kublai Cable, LLC, a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.
What unites us isn’t just business. It’s a belief — deeply personal for each of us — in how fortunate we are to be citizens of this country. One of our founding members was born in Central America. When his family came to the United States, his father instilled in him a profound gratitude for the opportunity this nation provides. That belief has never left him. Another among us served for many years in the United States military. The third comes from a family defined by service — his father served in Korea, and his brother rose to the rank of Captain in the Air Force. For all of us, this project is personal.
For nearly three decades, Reagan Wireless sold charger cables sourced from overseas — the same cables every company in America was selling, because there was no other option. The vast majority of USB charging cables sold worldwide are manufactured in China. Those that aren’t are produced in Vietnam — but virtually every Vietnamese cable manufacturer is owned and controlled by Chinese parent companies. No matter where you looked, the supply chain led back to one place.
We heard the call from the current administration to bring manufacturing home. But we didn’t want to reshore something that already existed here. We wanted to do something that had never been done — manufacture one of the most ubiquitous products in modern life, a product that touches nearly every American every single day, right here on American soil. When mobile phones transitioned to dedicated charging cables, China was already building them. They were the first. For decades, they were the only ones.
Until now.
We were raised in military families. We are pro-military and proud to be Americans — and that is exactly why we make these cables here, in the USA.
Brad Kaufman served as a Captain in the United States Air Force, earning the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, the Air Force Commendation Medal, and the Cold War Service Recognition Certificate.
He fought at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, France, where he lost his right hand in battle against the German Sixth Army.
He engaged in anti-submarine warfare against German U-boats in the North Atlantic, earning the War Medal, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, the Atlantic Star, and the 1939–1945 Star.
We named our supply partner Kublai Cable after Kublai Khan — the Mongol emperor and one of the only leaders in history to successfully conquer China. Given that China has maintained an unchallenged monopoly on this product for the entire history of the mobile phone industry, we thought it fitting to name our company after someone who defied those odds and won.
The obstacles were considerable. We traveled to mainland China and attended Chinese manufacturing trade shows to evaluate extrusion line equipment firsthand. The reception was polite but dismissive. It wasn’t hostility toward Americans — quite the opposite. They simply did not believe we could pull it off. To them, the idea of manufacturing USB cables in the United States was a novelty, not a serious endeavor.
The equipment itself had to come from China. They are the only companies in the world that manufacture cable extrusion line machinery at this scale. A handful of European firms produce similar equipment, but only for significantly larger industrial cable products — not the precision work required for mobile phone charging cables. There was no domestic alternative. There still isn’t.
But acquiring the machines was only half the battle. The hardest part — and the lesson that every company attempting to reshore manufacturing eventually learns — is not getting the equipment. It’s learning how to run it correctly. The knowledge gap between purchasing a production line and producing a quality product is enormous, and there is no manual that bridges it.
We were fortunate. One Chinese vendor believed in what we were doing and worked closely with us through the learning curve. We were also fortunate that Reagan Wireless employs someone who speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and has been with the company for over 21 years. That single advantage proved invaluable at every stage.
Sourcing raw materials domestically was nearly as difficult as importing the equipment. The American companies that control the plastics, compounds, and threading required to produce these cables are large corporations that cater exclusively to the biggest manufacturers. Small companies don’t get callbacks. Minimum order quantities are designed to keep you out. It is extraordinarily difficult for a small manufacturer to start in this country — not because of regulations or red tape, but because the supply chain itself isn’t built for newcomers.
But we persevered. And it is done. Every Spearhead Cable rolls off an American production line, built with American materials, by American workers.
We are currently expanding into Cat 6 network cable — designed, engineered, and manufactured entirely in the United States with the same uncompromising quality standards. That line will be operational by the end of May 2026.
This is just the beginning.