Qarbon Aerospace

Qarbon Aerospace is a US-based Tier 1 manufacturer of composite and metallic aerostructures and assemblies at every level of complexity, with products installed on advanced defence, space, commercial and business aviation platforms. Its lineage runs from the Aeroplane Vought Company of 1917 through Chance Vought, LTV and Vought Aircraft, with a heritage spanning the F4U Corsair, A-7 Corsair II, F-14 Tomcat and B-2 Spirit, and today it operates more than 1.65 million square feet of manufacturing space at three facilities in Red Oak, Texas, Milledgeville, Georgia and Rayong, Thailand.

Facilities

• Red Oak, Texas, less than 20 miles south of Dallas: a 772,000 square foot factory built in 2013 on a 123-acre site combining large composite fabrication with major assembly and systems integration, home to a Thermoplastics Center of Excellence and structural test capability; programmes include Northrop Grumman high-altitude long-endurance aircraft, the Boeing V-22 and T-7A, Pratt and Whitney F135, Boeing 767, Bell 525 Relentless and Gulfstream G700 and G800
• Milledgeville, Georgia, 93 miles south-east of Atlanta: more than 650,000 square feet and over 45 years supplying composite assemblies to major aircraft programmes from the F-14 Tomcat to the 787 Dreamliner
• Rayong, Thailand, in the Eastern Economic Corridor 75 miles south-east of Bangkok: complex hand-layup composite components and assemblies for civil airframes and engines

Capabilities

• Ply cutting machines and tables with beds up to 6 by 60 feet and certified climate-controlled areas of 125,000, 43,000 and 13,240 square feet across the sites
• 5-axis automated fibre placement capable of thermoset and thermoplastic materials
• Autoclaves including three 15 by 60 foot units curing up to 700 degrees F, six units up to 15 by 45 feet curing to 800 degrees F and eight units up to 13 by 33 feet, with ovens curing up to 1,000 degrees F
• Major assembly, systems integration and structural testing for commercial, defence, space, eVTOL and advanced air mobility customers

Quality

Qarbon Aerospace holds ISO 9001:2015 certification, Nadcap accreditations for non-destructive testing, composites and chemical processing, and CMMC Level 2 certification assessed by a third-party organisation, meaning all 110 required security practices for handling controlled unclassified information are in place. Its quality management system extends to approved suppliers and partners, and the company offers a virtual tour of its facilities, a supplier portal, a newsroom and a leadership page under the motto Never Give In, Never Give Up, Never Quit.

Shows

Qarbon Aerospace appears in the exhibitor lists of Aeromart Nagoya 2027 and the Paris Air Show 2027.

Contact

Red Oak, Texas, United States; Milledgeville, Georgia; Rayong, Thailand
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