There have been quite a few "Bendixes" over the years - a lot of WWII-era US military/aircraft-radios/radars/navigation-gear was built by Bendix Radio,
Bendix/King also produced a range of well-respected two-way-radio gear.
They also made missiles and computers.
See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendix_Corporation
which interestingly notes that Bendix never actually made washing-machines - they licensed the name to another company for use on domestic appliances.