Air Industries Group

Air Industries Group (NYSE American: AIRI) is an integrated Tier 1 manufacturer of precision assemblies and components for aerospace and defense, with corporate offices at 1460 Fifth Avenue, Bay Shore, New York. It is a prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense and is classified as a small business. The group traces its history to 1941 in Connecticut, when it began producing parts for the F4U Corsair, then being assembled by Vought-Sikorsky in Stratford.

Products

• Landing gear and arresting gear for carrier-based aircraft
• Flight controls, mechanical and electro-mechanical flight critical sub-assemblies, actuators and engine mounts
• Aerostructures, drag beams, drag braces and thrust struts
• Jet engine and ground turbine components, including turbine exhaust cases and weldments
• Piston actuator assemblies and retract and lock fittings
• Ball valves for nuclear submarines

Complex machining

The Complex Machining Sector in Bay Shore combines Air Industries Machining Corporation and Nassau Tool Works. Its stated core competencies are 5-axis milling, N/C turning, large diameter turn-mill, deep-hole drilling, hydraulic testing and high-speed machining. Materials include stainless steel, alloy steel, titanium and Inconel, plus high-speed machining of aluminum. Nassau Tool Works was established in 1959, was acquired by Air Industries in 2012 and was integrated into the Bay Shore facility in 2018. The group also supplies components used to repair landing gear and complete landing gear for replacement.

Turbine engine components

The Turbine Engine Components center is Sterling Engineering Corporation in Barkhamsted, Connecticut.

Aircraft and programs

The website lists products deployed on the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-53K, Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-16, Northrop Grumman E-2D, Boeing F-15 and F-18, and several Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft. Sample parts shown include a Black Hawk main transmission beam, an E-2D nose landing gear strut, an F-35 nose landing gear steering collar, a PW4000 turbine exhaust case and an F135 thrust strut assembly. Its engine components are used on engines including the Pratt and Whitney Geared Turbofan.

Company facts

• Two Centers of Excellence in New York and Connecticut, with over 200,000 square feet of facilities and about 200 employees, according to its website
• Quality system covering AS9100D and ISO 9001, as described by its quality director
• President and CEO Luciano Melluzzo joined in 2017
• States that it is unrelated to Air Industries Company of Garden Grove, California, and does not make or distribute standard hardware