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Applied Aerospace Structures
Precision flight, space and defense hardware for aerospace customers, previously Applied Aerospace Structures
About Applied Aerospace Structures
Applied Aerospace & Defense is a U.S.-based aerospace and defense manufacturer formed through the merger of Applied Aerospace and PCX Aerosystems. The combined company supplies mission-critical hardware and engineered systems for aircraft, rotorcraft, satellites, launch vehicles, and missile defense platforms.
The merger brought together Applied Aerospace’s heritage in space and defense structures with PCX Aerosystems’ experience in precision aerospace components and flight-critical systems. The resulting company operates as a larger industrial platform focused on complex manufacturing, engineering, and assembly for demanding aerospace and defense environments.
Applied Aerospace & Defense serves customers across commercial space, defense aviation, missile systems, and advanced military platforms. Its products are designed for high-reliability applications where performance, durability, and precision are essential.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Listed
- Founded
- 1954
- Headquarters
- Stockton, United States
- Listing
- IPO 2026
- Employees
- 887
- Open positions
- 1
- Dealroom signal
- 62.5/100
- Industry
- Security, Space
- Sub-industry
- Public safety
- Sector
- Space, Defence, Defence Applications, Aviation and Aerospace, DT and LS
- Technology
- Deep Tech
- Business model
- Manufacturing
- Client focus
- b2b
- Investment activity
- 4 companies, latest Mar 2026
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPO✓Exit | Jun 2026 | $650M | $3.4B | Undisclosed | ↗ |
| MERGER✓Other financing | Dec 2025 | $0 | — | PCX Aerosystems | ↗ |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | EBITDA | Margin | Profit | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $684M | +13.1% | $99M | 14.5% | −$49M | -7.2% |
| 2025 | $604M | +51.2% | $99M | 16.4% | −$49M | -8.1% |
| 2024 | $400M | — | $68M | 17% | −$35M | -8.7% |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Applied Aerospace Structures is 3.2K monthly website visits, up 88.2% over the last three months. Applied Aerospace Structures's team grew 374.3% over the past year.
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series B and later1 investor entered at this stage
Greenbriar Equity Group
Other known investors1 additional known investor
- PCX Aerosystems
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