Standex Aerospace & Defense

Standex Aerospace & Defense forms and fabricates customized critical components for aircraft structures, defense systems and space launch vehicles.

Defining the Edge of New Frontiers

Our teams combine advanced metal forming and high-precision fabrication with a tailored approach to engineering. We work closely with customers to turn demanding requirements into manufacturable components for aviation, defense and space programs.

A metal spinning process in progress, showing a glowing hot metal cone being shaped on a lathe with an industrial tool in a factory setting—a vital technique for the aerospace and defense industry. The metal is bright orange due to high heat.

Built for Flight, Defense and Space

Our teams combine advanced metal forming and high-precision customized fabrication with a tailored approach to engineering. We work closely with customers to turn demanding requirements into manufacturable components for aviation, defense and space programs.

Under the moniker of our flagship brands, Spincraft and McStarlite, we work with OEMs and Tier 1 partners on complex designs that demand precision and reliability

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Standex Aerospace & Defense logo in blue text with a geometric symbol to the left, set on a light gray background, representing excellence in the aerospace and defense industry.

Our Brands

The image shows the logo for SpinCraft, with the words SpinCraft Standex Aerospace & Defense in gray capital and lowercase letters on a light background, representing innovation in the aerospace and defense industry.
The image displays the text McSTARLITE in large bold letters, with Standex Aerospace & Defense—leaders in the aerospace and defense industry—in smaller gray letters underneath, all set against a light background.