AASC has an extensive machine shop to eliminate any outside processing of bonded assemblies. There are CNC lathes, mills, waterjet cutter and large 5-axis CNC routers.

AASC has a large team of experienced technicians for detailing bonded assemblies. This typically involves installing inserts, rivets, fittings, heaters, velcro, cork, gold, ground straps, cable ties, etc.

AASC has extensive experience and facilities (including large, high-bay clean rooms with overhead cranes) to provide assembly of small to large structural assemblies. Processes for assembly include match bonding, match drilling and bolting/riveting, friction coated pre-loading with bolts, wet installation of rivets, etc.

AASC has multiple paint booths and can apply primers, paints and unique coatings, as required.

AASC can perform nearly all composite and metal bond ASTM tests required for product qualification or acceptance within our in-house test lab.

AASC has been Nadcap M&I Certified since 2017. AASC has various 3D Metrology systems on-hand including Laser Trackers, Photogrammetry, Faro and Romer Arms and CMMs.

AASC has been Nadcap NDT Certified since 2008 and has level-3 certified inspectors on staff. AASC can perform dye-pentrant inspection, A-scan and C-scan (air or water).

AASC has multiple thermal cycle chambers to simulate thermal environments for hardware qualification and/or acceptance.

AASC can evaluate distortion of structures at cold and hot temperatures using our photogrammetry system. This is mainly used for communication antennas which have strict surface tolerances over all operational exposures.

AASC has a large reaction frame to simulate structural loading. The system can support up to 500 data channels (strain or deflection), up to 40 simultaneous load channels, up to 1 million pounds of vertical load with a volume of 15'x15'x18'.

AASC is routinely contracted to provide concurrent engineering to help optimize customer designs for producibility and cost effective manufacture.

AASC’s engineering team includes tool designers with the knowledge and experience to design tooling and support equipment for the manufacture and test of virtually any metal bond or composite structural assembly.

AASC’s product design and analysis engineers are expert problem solvers of structures for specialized aerospace applications (typically precision structures including antenna reflectors and optic benches).