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Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing

Brea, CA, United States

Air SystemsDual-use
Founded 2012Component Supplier, Subsystem ManufacturerSupplies Air Forces, Defense Industry
Profile last updated: July 16, 2026

About

Founded in 2012, Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing is a defense component supplier based in Brea, United States working in air systems.

Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing (CAM) is a group of manufacturers of fittings, hardware, fasteners and engineered products for the aerospace industry, including military aircraft programmes. The group includes Bristol Industries (internally threaded nuts and gang channel, Brea, CA), 3V Fasteners (externally threaded bolts and screws, Corona, CA), Aerofit (fluid fittings and swage fittings), QRP (latches, quick release pins, couplings and struts) and Moeller Manufacturing & Supply (washers, spacers, nut plates and shims). Historical programme work includes airframe nuts for the McDonnell Douglas F-15 and F-18 and for the C-17 and KC-10. The company supplies commercial and military airframe and engine primes and subcontractors, and offers complex sheet metal, machined solutions, tube assemblies, latches and quick release pins. Its products are built to mil-spec, OEM and AS standards. The company states it is a capable manufacturer of critical aerospace and defense components. It is now part of the Howmet group.

Location

Brea, United States

Founded

2012

Legal name

Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing

Focus areas

aerospace fastenersself-locking nutsfittingslatchesquick release pinsmil-specgang channelsheet metaltube assemblies

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Air Systems

Supply-chain role

Component SupplierSubsystem ManufacturerContract Manufacturer

What they offer

HardwareComponentsManufacturing ServicesEngineering Services

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

Sheet metal flanges

Aerospace ducting flange

Formed sheet metal flanges for joint sealing without gaskets, available in nickel alloys 625 and 718 and titanium alloys.

Machined flanges

Aerospace ducting flange

Machined flanges meeting commercial and military requirements and AS1895, used with metal seals in high-pressure, high-temperature ducting such as jet engine bleed air systems.

QRP latches

Latches and handles

Pressure relief, dual-purpose, hook, button, hinge, flush, pin, channel latches and door handle mechanisms for aerospace applications.

Formed and machined couplings

Ducting coupling

T-bolt and quick-release couplings for aircraft bleed air and environmental ducting, including 15-3-3-3 titanium designs.

Struts, tie rods and hold-open rods

Aircraft struts

Commercial and military strut, tie rod and hold-open rod assemblies with rod-end bearings, clevises or fittings.

Barrel nuts

Self-locking nut

High-strength self-locking nuts for bolts up to 240 KSI, for locations without wrenching space.

Shank nuts

High-temperature self-locking nut

Nuts made from A-286 CRES and Waspaloy for high-heat engine areas, to OEM standards.

Anchor nuts (nut plates)

Self-locking nut

Self-locking nuts providing permanent attachment in blind or inaccessible locations.

Gang channel assemblies

Fastener channel

Straight, radius, oval and race track gang channels for airframe and engine use.

Bolts and screws

Externally threaded fasteners

Standard and special bolts and screws to mil-spec or customer requirements in A-286, titanium and other aerospace alloys.

Washers, spacers and shims

Fastener hardware

NAS, AN, MS and BACW washers and shims in metallic and non-metallic materials.

Band clamps

Ducting clamp

Band clamps with T-bolt, quick-release saddle or over-center latch styles, available to OEM, MIL/MS and NSN/FSN ordnance specifications.

Axial and radial swage fittings

Tube fittings

QPL-approved swaged tube fittings to AS5958 and related standards, in titanium, CRES and aluminium.

Beam seal and ring lock fittings

Fluid fittings

High and low pressure fluid fittings and boss port adapters qualified to AS85421 and AS85720.

Quick release pins

Pins

Quick release pins for aerospace and military markets, designed and manufactured since 1972.

Complex sheet metal and tube assemblies

Engineered sheet metal and tubing

Roll-formed rings, stiffeners, ducting components, metallic seals and tube assemblies.

Heat shields and landing wheel components

Aircraft braking components

Precision heat shields for aircraft braking systems and landing wheel components.

End users

Air ForcesDefense Industry

Standards, platforms & customers

Defense standards

MIL-SPECMS (military standard specifications)NSN/FSN ordnance specifications

Platforms & programmes

F-15F-18C-17KC-10

Named customers

McDonnell DouglasBoeingAirbusGeneral ElectricPratt & WhitneyRolls-RoyceSnecmaBombardierEmbraerLockheed MartinLeonardoSpirit

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

AS9100D

ISO 9001:2015

NADCAP HT

NADCAP CP

NADCAP MT

NADCAP NDT

QPL approval for AS5958 axially swaged fittings

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