Albers Aerospace

Albers Aerospace is an aerospace and defense contractor headquartered in McKinney, Texas. Founder and CEO John Albers started the business in 2015, drawing on his service in uniform as an acquisition professional. The company timeline lists its formation as Albers Group in 2014 and the change of name to Albers Aerospace in 2022. It works in three areas: industrials, defense integration and special projects.

Services

• Manufacturing: precision machining on 3, 4 and 5-axis lathes and mills, sheet metal, complex assembly, wiring and cable harnesses, and surface finishing
• Chemical processing: Type I and Type II conversion coatings, passivation and sulfuric acid anodize, with 15-foot tanks
• Containers: aluminum shipping containers, welded airtight containers and 463L compatible containers
• Contractor logistics support and systems engineering

The company states it has 400,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Supported platforms include the MD 369/500, 600 and 900/902, F-16, F-22, F-35, C-130, E-2D, EC135, EC145 and AS350.

Aircraft

The Tactical Aircraft Solutions (TAS) division launched in April 2025. It converts Textron Grand Caravans, Air Tractor AT-802U, Thrush S2R-T660 and Daher Kodiak aircraft for ISR and light attack. Work includes EO/IR sensor and radar integration, mission workstations, avionics modernization and weapons integration. A sample Caravan project lists a Wescam MX-15 sensor and a Thales I-Master radar. Customers include law enforcement, U.S. and allied military forces, and aerospace contractors.

Certifications and approvals

AS9100D, ISO 9001, NADCAP (chemical) and CMMC 2.0. The company operates under ITAR and gained AS9100D in 2019.

Locations

Headquarters are in McKinney, Texas. Manufacturing sites with listed certifications are in Tucson, Grand Prairie and Fort Worth.

History

From 2015 to 2017 the company supported Naval Air Systems Command. It grew through acquisitions, including Unmanned Systems Inc. and Heritage Aviation (2021), Garrett Container Systems (2022), OnePath Systems (2023), Defense Research Associates and Impact Case and Containers (2024), and Parallel Ventures (2025).