Space Manufacturing

Precision titanium components for rocket engines, launch vehicles, orbital spacecraft, and satellites, manufactured to AS9100D with full material traceability.

Space

Precision Manufacturing
for Commercial and Government
Space Programs

Commercial space is driving new demand at the aerospace standard. Organizations like space programs require the same rigor as traditional aerospace primes: tight tolerances, ITAR-compliant manufacturing, and supply chain partners that can scale with growing production programs.

Compass Precision platform facilities running space programs maintain AS9100D certification, ITAR registration, and CMMC compliance where applicable.

Manufacturing capabilities include 5-axis machining, mill-turn, Swiss machining, and fiber optic laser cutting for a variety of complex components. That range means a space program can source structural, mechanical, and precision hardware from one qualified supplier instead of splitting the work across several vendors as requirements evolve.

Rocket lifting off from the launch pad

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Certifications and Compliance for
Space Programs

Space programs run on the same certification baseline as aerospace, AS9100D, ITAR, and increasingly CMMC as more space work touches government and defense-adjacent contracts. Several Compass Precision platform facilities hold the full set.

  • AS9100D: Aerospace quality management system
  • ITAR: International Traffic in Arms Regulations compliance
  • CMMC: Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, Level 2 where held
  • ISO 9001:2015: Base quality management system, maintained across all 11 platform facilities
  • NAS hardware compliance: available for programs that require it
LocationMachiningTurningEDMSecondaryMetrologyFabricationCertifications
3-Axis4-Axis5-AxisHorizontalAutomationCNCMill/TurnSwissHole PopperSinkerWireGrindingHeat TreatFinishingCMMSPCVisionAssemblyBendingLaserStampingWeldingAS9100DISO 9001:2015CMMCITAR
Accu-Tool
Apex, NC		●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Advanced Machining
Salisbury, NC		●●●●●●●●●●●●●○●
Bergeron Machine
Westford, MA		●●●●●●●○●
Douglas Machining
Winona, MN		●●●●●●●●●●●●
Gray Manufacturing
Denver, NC		●●●●●●●●●●●●○●
Pocasset Machine
Bourne, MA		●●●●●●●●
Quality Products
Charlotte, NC		●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●○●●●
R&D Machine
Oldsmar, FL		●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
Strom Manufacturing
North Plains, OR		●●●●●●●●●○
Tri-Tec Industries
Charlotte, NC		●●●●●●●
Trutron Corporation
Troy, MI		●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

Space

Machining for Space Applications

Machinist operating precision CNC equipment

Machining Processes

  • Manufacturing of space and satellite platform hardware, including precision brackets, payload interfaces, sensor and optics housings, thermal control components, and propulsion system support structures
  • High-volume and high-mix production using Swiss machining, mill-turn, and multi-axis machining systems built for repeatability and tight tolerance control
Precision-machined component on an inspection surface

Quality, Documentation & Inspection

  • End-to-end quality systems that maintain full material traceability, First Article Inspection, Certificates of Conformance, and customer-specific documentation requirements
  • Manufacturing experience aligned with National Aerospace Standards (NAS) hardware and aerospace-qualified supply chain requirements
  • Integrated inspection and metrology for in-process and final verification on tight-tolerance space hardware
Launch vehicle ascending through exhaust clouds

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Standard Space Parts

  • Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engine Components
  • Launch Vehicle Structures
  • Satellite Platform Structures And Payload Interfaces
  • Precision Brackets And Sensor/Optics Housings
  • Thermal Control Components
  • Propulsion System Support Structures

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Scaling With Space Programs From Qualification to Production

Capacity for space programs is spread across multiple facilities rather than concentrated in one location. That distribution gives the platform room to absorb surge demand and take on programs with delivery requirements across different U.S. regions, instead of leaving a buyer dependent on a single site’s schedule.

That capacity keeps growing. Continued investment in automation, advanced machining systems, laser processing, and metrology has expanded both production and inspection capacity across the platform, so growth in one area doesn’t come at the expense of another.

Commercial space programs tend to scale fast once a design clears qualification, and a supplier that can only hold steady at prototype volume becomes the bottleneck. Because Compass Precision runs production across multiple certified facilities, a space program can move from a handful of qualification units to full production quantities without switching suppliers or requalifying a new shop mid-program.

Two facilities within the platform, Quality Products & Machine and R&D Machine, hold CMMC certification, relevant to space programs that touch government or defense-adjacent contracts. That gives buyers extra assurance on data handling where the requirement applies, something not every machine shop can say.

NASA InSight Mars lander on the Martian surface

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Demonstrated Experience in This Industry

One of our facilities, R&D Machine, manufactured a close-tolerance component currently aboard NASA’s InSight Mars lander, proof of the precision this platform brings to space

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Have a Space Program That Needs a Certified
Manufacturing Partner?

With the certifications, precision capability, and scalable capacity these programs require, spread across the Compass Precision platform, let’s match your program to the right facility and certification profile.

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