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Qarbon Aerospace

Qarbon Aerospace, Inc.

Red Oak, Texas, United States

Air SystemsDual-use
Contract Manufacturer, Subsystem ManufacturerSupplies Air Forces, Defense Industry
Profile last updated: April 16, 2026

About

Qarbon Aerospace is a defense contract manufacturer based in Red Oak, United States working in air systems.

Qarbon Aerospace is a manufacturer of medium to large complex composite components, assemblies and structures for aerospace, defense, space, commercial and business aviation. It offers turnkey composite manufacturing and assembly, including major assembly, systems installation and integration, paint and finish, NDT, and thermoplastic technologies such as induction welding and electro-thermal ice protection. Headquartered in Red Oak, Texas, the company operates facilities in Milledgeville, Georgia and Rayong, Thailand. Its lineage traces to the Aeroplane Vought Company in 1917, through Chance Vought, LTV and Triumph Group. Work includes programmes such as the T-7A Red Hawk, V-22, F135 and Virgin Galactic's Delta class spaceship. The company has been recognised with CMMC Level 2 certification and a Raytheon Technologies Premier Award.

Location

Red Oak, United States

Legal name

Qarbon Aerospace, Inc.

Focus areas

compositesthermoplasticsaerostructureseVTOLicing protectionCMMCNadcapaerospace manufacturing

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Air Systems

Supply-chain role

Contract ManufacturerSubsystem ManufacturerSystem Integrator

What they offer

HardwareManufacturing ServicesEngineering Services

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

Helios Ice Protection System

Electro-thermal ice protection system

Patented electro-thermal icing protection using a heated graphite layer embedded in a thermoplastic composite leading edge, replacing pneumatic boots and related hardware.

Honeycomb Core Components

Composite core detail components

Machined, shaped and bonded honeycomb core detail components for composite structures.

Composite Wing and Fuselage Structures

Composite aerostructures

Medium to large complex composite wing and fuselage structures and assemblies for aircraft and spacecraft programs.

End users

Air ForcesDefense Industry

Standards, platforms & customers

Defense standards

CMMC Level 2

Platforms & programmes

T-7A Red HawkV-22F-14 TomcatB-2 SpiritF135

Named customers

BoeingPratt & WhitneyRaytheon TechnologiesVirgin GalacticSupernalLIFT AircraftU.S. Air Force

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

CMMC Level 2

Issued by: Redspin

AS9100:D

ISO 9001:2015

Nadcap Composites

Nadcap Chemical Processing

Nadcap NDT

Awards

Raytheon Technologies Premier Award

Raytheon TechnologiesBusiness Management

People

Management & team (1)

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